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    The 352nd Infantry Division (German: 352. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Army during World War II. Deployed on the Western...
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    The battle-hardened 1st Infantry Division was given the eastern half. Opposing the landings was the German 352nd Infantry Division. Of its 12,020 men, 6...
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    defended beach, was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division and 29th Infantry Division. They faced the 352nd Infantry Division rather than the expected single regiment...
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    divisions, three infantry divisions and one parachute division (including the 352nd Infantry Division and the 5th Parachute Division) in an infantry-tank...
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  • (23 June 1923 – 14 January 2006) was a soldier in the German 352nd Infantry Division stationed in Normandy in 1944. Severloh became notable for a memoir...
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  • Volksgrenadier Division, 352nd Volksgrenadier Division) 353rd Infantry Division 355th Infantry Division 356th Infantry Division 357th Infantry Division 358th Infantry...
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    The 29th Infantry Division (29th ID), also known as the "Blue and Gray Division", is an infantry division of the United States Army based at Fort Belvoir...
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    Infantry Division had forced back the German 352nd Infantry Division and opened a gap in the German front. To bypass the German Panzer-Lehr Division blocking...
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  • of the 321st Infantry Division in preparation to the formation of the 352nd Infantry Division. The formation of the 352nd Infantry Division was ordered...
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  • major, commanding the 1st Battalion of the 352nd Artillery Regiment of the German 352nd Infantry Division during the Allied invasion in Normandy. He was...
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    Maj. John Howard's regiment, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. In the film, three Free French Special Air Service paratroopers jump into...
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    Forces attacking Gold faced elements of the German 352nd Infantry Division and German 716th Infantry Division. About 2,000 men were stationed in the immediate...
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    of the Wehrmacht in the Second World War. It formed part of the 352nd Infantry Division, and fought in the Battle of Normandy. Sterne, Gary (2014). The...
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    reorganised in Germany, absorbing the depleted 352nd Infantry Division. Due to the shortage in materiel, the division's complement of tanks was significantly reduced...
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    amphibious assault. Richter's section lay west of Bayeux, where the 352nd Infantry Division was stationed from May 1944, and east of Caen. When the invasion...
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    German 716th Static Infantry Division, and elements of the 1st Battalion of the German 352nd Infantry Division. H-Hour for 50th Division's landing was 0725...
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    training. Despite Rommel, the 709th and 352nd Infantry divisions created reserves, the 352nd Infantry Division also contributing Kampfgruppe Meyer with...
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    whole 352nd Infantry Division was deactivated. Gren Reg 916 was split up in the Omaha Beach area and fought against the United States 29th Infantry Division...
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  • the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS and the 871st grenadier division was moved to the 352nd Infantry Division. The 256th saw service in...
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    Meindl's II Parachute Corps. Meindl's paratroopers, together with the 352nd Infantry Division (which had been in action since its D-Day defense of Omaha Beach)...
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    "eliminated". The remnants of the 352nd Infantry Division and several battle groups from the 2nd SS Panzer Division inflicted many casualties on the 8th...
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    2/HKAA.1260). To defend the promontory from attack, elements of the 352nd Infantry Division were also stationed at the battery. To provide increased defensive...
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    sluggish. Hitler vetoed the transfer of 16 SS division from the 2nd Pz Army, or the 352nd Infantry Division from the 6th Pz Army to the threatened sector...
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    established 352nd Infantry Division, which with six other divisions, was located in Normandy in front of the Allied invasion. The division was sent to...
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    less success, as intact defences and high-calibre troops of the 352nd Infantry Division caused more casualties than at any of the other beaches; at one...
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    to destroy most of the German gun emplacements, manned by the 352nd Infantry Division. The landing craft approached Vierville at 06:00, and at 06:36...
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    had two divisions protecting the Saint-Lô front: The 352nd Infantry Division, commanded by Generalleutnant Dietrich Kraiß. The 3rd Division of the 2nd...
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    the 11th Infantry Division was composed of the notional 178th, 352nd, and 392d Infantry Regiments, in addition to notional artillery and support units...
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    Regiment (FJR6) with survivors of Grenadier-Regiment 914 (German 352nd Infantry Division) following its 9 June defeat at Isigny. Army Group B commander...
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    south from Gold and Omaha Beaches, the German 352nd Infantry Division began to buckle. As the division withdrew south, it opened a 12 km (a 7.5-mile)...
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