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gptkbp:instanceOf
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German infantry division
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gptkbp:activePeriod
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May 1941 – May 1945
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gptkbp:battle
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gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:German_Army_(Wehrmacht)
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gptkbp:composedOf
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gptkb:1709th_Artillery_Regiment
gptkb:709th_Anti-tank_Battalion
gptkb:709th_Divisional_Supply_Troops
gptkb:709th_Engineer_Battalion
gptkb:709th_Reconnaissance_Battalion
gptkb:709th_Signal_Battalion
gptkb:729th_Grenadier_Regiment
gptkb:739th_Grenadier_Regiment
gptkb:919th_Grenadier_Regiment
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Nazi_Germany
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gptkbp:disbanded
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May 1945
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gptkbp:formedIn
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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gptkbp:garrison
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gptkb:Saint-Lô,_France
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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709. Infanterie-Division
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Karl-Wilhelm_von_Schlieben
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Surrendered in Cherbourg, June 1944
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gptkbp:notableFor
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Defending Cotentin Peninsula during D-Day
Heavy casualties during Normandy campaign
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:LXXXIV_Army_Corps
gptkb:7th_Army_(Wehrmacht)
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gptkbp:responsibility
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gptkb:Western_France
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gptkbp:role
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Coastal defense
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gptkbp:size
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gptkb:division
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gptkbp:type
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Infantry
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:German_709th_Infantry_Division
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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