716th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod	1941–1945
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded	1945
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:D-Day gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:formed	May 1941
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Normandy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	716th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
gptkbp:insignia	white shield with black cross
gptkbp:laterAction	fought on Western Front after Normandy
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Wilhelm_Richter gptkb:Ludwig_Krug Karl Maderholz
gptkbp:notableEvent	defended coast of Normandy on D-Day suffered heavy casualties in June 1944
gptkbp:notableUnit	716th Artillery Regiment 726th Grenadier Regiment 736th Grenadier Regiment
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:reformed	remnants after Normandy
gptkbp:reorganizedAs	August 1944
gptkbp:size	gptkb:division
gptkbp:subordinateUnit	gptkb:LXXXIV_Army_Corps gptkb:7th_Army_(Wehrmacht)
gptkbp:type	static infantry division
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:D-Day_(Juno_Beach)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7