716th Static Infantry Division
716th Volksgrenadier Division

The 716th Static Infantry Division was raised in May 1941 for occupation duties in France. After various deployments within France it found itself in Normandy in Jun 1944, and fought the Allied invaders in the A Coast Guard shield The United States Coast Guard is the coast guard of the United States. One of the seven uniformed services of the United States, and the smallest armed service of the United States, it has a broad and important role in homeland security, law enforcement, search-and... Battle of Normandy. After being destroyed there it was reconstituted for use as costal defense on the Mediterranean coast near Spain. After the secondary Allied invasion in southern France the 716th retreated toward Germany, and was destroyed again near Colmar in January 1945. It was reconstituted a second time as the 716th Volksgrenadier Division in April 1945, and surrendered to the Americans in May.

See also

• A type of German World War II army division formed in the Fall of 1944 after the double loss of Army Group Center by the Soviets in Operation Bagration and the 6th Panzer Army in Normandy. They were formed out of anything the German military could get its hands on... Volksgrenadier
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References

• Pipes, Jason. "716.Infanterie-Division (http://www.feldgrau.com/InfDiv.php?ID=309)". Retrieved April 7, 2005.
• Wendel, Marcus (2004). "716. Infanterie-Division (http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=3984)". Retrieved April 7, 2005.
• Wendel, Marcus (2004). "716. Volksgrenadier-Division (http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=858)". Retrieved April 7, 2005.
• "716. Infanterie-Division (http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/716ID-R.htm)". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved April 7, 2005.