Static infantry division
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In World War II, a static infantry division (German: bodenständige Infanterie Division) was a type of German Army formation.
Static divisions occupied a rigid defence position, usually on a broad front (for example in 1944, 2,000 km of Atlantic coast line was covered by 23 static divisions). They were not trained in mobile warfare and as such possessed very limited mechanised transport; any transport assigned to the division was usually horse-drawn. Many of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men in these divisions were either previously wounded, older men, lacking combat experience, suffering from medical conditions, or Conscripted prisoners of war from other fronts though they were usually captured soviets. They first saw major action on June 6th, 1944 in the Normandy landings where they were taken off guard and beaten back hard throughout June these divisions fought hard but suffered massive casualties against American, British, and Canadian forces. By the end of July 1944 they had been reduced to battalion sized units and were absorbed by other German divisions which were deployed at Normandy to contain the Allies. To summarize a static infantry division is a rigid defensive division not suitable for maneuverable warfare at all which are 2nd rate and composed of wounded veterans captured enemy’s forces to fight for Germany and inexperienced old men and the medically Troubled.
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- 242nd Static Infantry Division
- 243rd Static Infantry Division
- 274th Static Infantry Division
- 302nd Static Infantry Division
- 319th Static Infantry Division
- 332nd Static Infantry Division
- 344th Static Infantry Division
- 709th Static Infantry Division
- 716th Static Infantry Division
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