German 716th Infantry Division

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German Army infantry division Wehrmacht unit static division

The German 716th Infantry Division was a static coastal defense unit of the Wehrmacht that manned fortifications in Normandy, including the sector facing Gold Beach during the D-Day landings in World War II.

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Label Occurrences
German 716th Infantry Division canonical 4
716th Infantry Division 2
German 716th Infantry Division garrison troops 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German Army infantry division ⓘ
Wehrmacht unit ⓘ
static division ⓘ
areaOfOperations Calvados ⓘ
Cotentin Peninsula ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
branch Heer ⓘ
commander Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter ⓘ
commanderOnD-Day Wilhelm Richter ⓘ
composition anti-tank units ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
engineer units ⓘ
infantry battalions ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbanded 1945 ⓘ
engagedBy British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ⓘ
3rd Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form: Canadian 3rd Infantry Division
formed May 1941 ⓘ
fortificationType anti-tank obstacles ⓘ
barbed wire obstacles ⓘ
bunkers ⓘ
gun emplacements ⓘ
minefields ⓘ
frontSector Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
surface form: Arromanches

Courseulles-sur-Mer ⓘ
Gold Beach ⓘ
Juno Beach ⓘ
Ouistreham ⓘ
Sword Beach ⓘ
garrison Normandy ⓘ
notableDate 6 June 1944 ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings
opponent British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Army

Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French forces
partOf Atlantic Wall defences ⓘ
primaryTask defence of Atlantic Wall positions in Normandy ⓘ
manning coastal fortifications ⓘ
role coastal defence ⓘ
static coastal defence unit ⓘ
statusOnD-Day understrength ⓘ
widely dispersed ⓘ
subordination 7th Army ⓘ
84th Army Corps ⓘ
theatre Western Front ⓘ
type static infantry division ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gold Beach → defendingForces → German 716th Infantry Division ⓘ
Juno Beach → defendedBy → German 716th Infantry Division ⓘ
Gold → defendedBy → German 716th Infantry Division ⓘ
Sword Beach → defendedBy → German 716th Infantry Division ⓘ
Wilhelm Richter → notableUnit → German 716th Infantry Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 716th Infantry Division
Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter → militaryUnitCommanded → German 716th Infantry Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilhelm Richter
this entity surface form: 716th Infantry Division
Operation Deadstick → primaryOpposingUnit → German 716th Infantry Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: German 716th Infantry Division garrison troops