709th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:infantry
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gptkbp:activePeriod |
May 1941 – June 1944
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gptkbp:branch |
gptkb:German_Army
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
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gptkbp:disbanded |
June 1944
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gptkbp:fate |
Destroyed in Normandy, June 1944
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gptkbp:formed |
May 1941
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gptkbp:garrison |
gptkb:Cherbourg
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
709th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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gptkbp:notableCommander |
gptkb:Karl-Wilhelm_von_Schlieben
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gptkbp:notableEngagement |
gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy |
gptkbp:notableEvent |
Defended Cherbourg during Normandy landings
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gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:German_7th_Army
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gptkbp:responsibility |
gptkb:Cotentin_Peninsula
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gptkbp:size |
gptkb:division
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gptkbp:surrenderedTo |
gptkb:United_States_Army
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gptkbp:theaterOfOperations |
gptkb:Western_Front
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gptkbp:type |
gptkb:Static_Infantry_Division
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:709th_Divisional_Supply_Troops
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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