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    The 716th Static Infantry Division (German: 716. Infanterie-Division) was a World War II, German Army infantry division. It was raised on May 2, 1941...
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    the static 716th Division with a shortened 47 km long 'Caen zone', (supported by the 21st Panzer Division) and deploying the 352nd Infantry Division to...
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  • Infantry Division 712th Infantry Division 713th Infantry Division 714th Infantry Division (later 114th Jäger Division) 715th Infantry Division 716th Static Infantry...
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  • seven German infantry divisions were left on garrison duty of the southern French coast in August 1944. These were, from west to east, the 716th, the 198th...
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    189th and 198th Infantry Divisions (Army) and 716th Static Infantry Division (Army) (Erich Petersen) 1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring...
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    defended by two battalions of the German 716th Infantry Division, with elements of the 21st Panzer Division held in reserve near Caen. The invasion plan...
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  • also, was largely-completed by noon with the assistance of the 716th Static Division - sectored immediately to the east. Lieutenant General Reichert...
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  • day were the: 243rd Infantry Division 319th Infantry Division 352nd Infantry Division 709th Infantry Division 716th Infantry Division Of these, the 243rd...
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  • of the Wehrmacht mobile troops, as well as the brigades overseeing them, had their own numbering, separate from the more conventional infantry forces...
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    attacking Gold faced elements of the German 352nd Infantry Division and German 716th Infantry Division. About 2,000 men were stationed in the immediate...
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  • WN-62 was manned by 27 members of the 716th Static Infantry Division and 13 members of Severloh's 352nd Division, whose task was to direct fire of the...
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    reinforced battalion (800–1000 men) of the 716th Infantry Division. This was a static defensive division estimated to consist up to 50% of non-German...
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    ferry Standing against the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, units of 716.Infanterie-Division (Static) – Wehrmacht Heer Coastal Defence (Bodenständigen) had...
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    716th Static Infantry Division under Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter. At 7,000 troops, the division was significantly understrength. 736th Infantry Regiment...
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    150 officers and men of 736 Grenadier Regiment (part of the 716th Static Infantry Division). A number of observation bunkers featured armoured cupolas...
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    Northumbrian Division. Parts of the 12th SS-Panzer Division, the 21st Panzer Division and the remains of the 716th Static Infantry Division were moved to...
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    infantry and artillery. At 02:00, Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter, commander of the 716th Static Infantry Division, ordered the 21st Panzer Division into...
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    damaged and obsolete equipment, with four of the 19th army's divisions designated "static divisions," meaning that they were stripped of all mobile assets and...
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    Appendix D: Enlarged Trace. Dated 20 Jul 51 The Battle of the 716th Infantry Division in Normandy, Wilhelm Richter, 1947. US Army Europe MS #B-621 /...
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    had been ordered to avoid troops of the 726th Regiment of the 716th Static Infantry Division at Longues-sur-Mer on the road from Arromanches to Port-en-Bessin...
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    1944: 157th Mountain (Reserve) Division, Panzer Lehr, XIXth Army, 716th Static Infantry Division, 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. The "Appeal of 18...
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