716th Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

716th (Static) Infantry Division
German: 716. (bodenständige) Infanterie-Division
Divisional insignia
Active	2 May 1941 – May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Heer (Wehrmacht)
Type	Infantry
Role	Coastal defence and fortification
Size	Division
Engagements	Invasion of Normandy
Commanders
Notable commanders	Wilhelm Richter

The 716th Static Infantry Division (German: 716. Infanterie-Division) was a World War II, German Army infantry division. It was raised on May 2, 1941, and sent to German-occupied France in June 1941. Many of the division's troops were elderly Germans and conscripts from other German-occupied countries. The division also had some young German conscripts as well. As a bodenständig (static unit) it was not equipped with the standard configuration of vehicles and heavy weapons. Much of the division's artillery and anti-tank guns were from captured armaments.^[1]

It is well-known for its involvement as a defensive unit in the Allied Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 (often called "D-Day").