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716th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/716th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
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
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