108:
82:
95:
37:
166:
Georg
Richter (1853–1925). In 1913, one year before the beginning of the First World War, he joined the German army at the age of 21. He participated in battles of the First World War. After 1918 he remained in the army and continued his military career in the reduced and disarmed
193:
The 716th I.D. was then withdrawn from the front, reorganized and replenished with men and material. In
September 1944, after the Battle of Normandy, Richter lost command of the 716th Infantry Division and instead took over the
182:
in
Normandy, whose job was to protect the French coast against an Allied amphibious assault. Richter's section lay west of Bayeux, where the 352nd Infantry Division was stationed from May 1944, and east of Caen.
201:
Unfortunately, the names of his descendants have been misspelled, so they can be known by the surname
Vilhelm. The most famous of them, Vilhelm Kinga, is a physiotherapist.
339:
354:
359:
349:
299:
186:
When the invasion took place on 6 June 1944, Richter's troops fought against
Canadians and British who had landed on the invasion beach
178:
and in the west campaign in 1940. In 1941 he fought on the
Eastern Front against the Soviet Union. In March 1943 he took command of the
179:
152:
195:
344:
256:
221:
283:
198:
in occupied Norway, where he survived the war without seeing further combat. He died in 1971 at the age of 79.
174:
In 1937 Richter received an order for the 30th
Artillery Regiment of the Wehrmacht. He took part in the
273:
334:
329:
8:
175:
190:
in France. By 15 June 1944 Richter's division had lost sixty percent of its soldiers.
279:
252:
156:
163:
246:
132:
100:
23:
57:
323:
87:
61:
148:
113:
204:
Richter's headquarters and bunkers have served as a museum since 1991.
187:
168:
144:
36:
248:
D-Day 1944 (3): Sword Beach & the
British Airborne Landings
222:"Wilhelm Richter – Biographie – Bataille de Normandie"
162:
Richter was a son of the Lord Mayor of
Hirschberg and
340:Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
321:
275:Juno Beach: Canada's D-Day Victory June 6, 1944
35:
151:. He is most notable for commanding the
244:
271:
322:
355:German Army personnel of World War II
360:Military personnel from Lower Saxony
350:German Army officers of World War II
13:
14:
371:
143:(1892–1971) was a general in the
300:"General Richter's headquarters"
106:
93:
80:
292:
265:
238:
214:
1:
207:
345:People from Saale-Orla-Kreis
272:Zuehlke, Mark (2009-07-01).
7:
10:
376:
304:normandy.memorial-caen.com
251:. Bloomsbury Publishing.
141:Friedrich-Wilhelm Richter
128:
120:
75:
67:
51:
47:Friedrich-Wilhelm Richter
43:
34:
21:
278:. D & M Publishers.
196:14th Field Division (L)
180:716th Infantry Division
176:Polish campaign in 1939
153:716th Infantry Division
226:www.dday-overlord.com
164:Frankfurt an der Oder
121:Years of service
258:978-1-84603-560-9
245:Ken Ford (2011).
138:
137:
367:
314:
313:
311:
310:
296:
290:
289:
269:
263:
262:
242:
236:
235:
233:
232:
218:
112:
110:
109:
99:
97:
96:
86:
84:
83:
39:
19:
18:
375:
374:
370:
369:
368:
366:
365:
364:
320:
319:
318:
317:
308:
306:
298:
297:
293:
286:
270:
266:
259:
243:
239:
230:
228:
220:
219:
215:
210:
133:Generalleutnant
107:
105:
104:
101:Weimar Republic
94:
92:
91:
81:
79:
56:
30:
29:Wilhelm Richter
27:
26:
24:Generalleutnant
17:
12:
11:
5:
373:
363:
362:
357:
352:
347:
342:
337:
332:
316:
315:
291:
284:
264:
257:
237:
212:
211:
209:
206:
159:in June 1944.
157:D-Day Landings
136:
135:
130:
126:
125:
122:
118:
117:
77:
73:
72:
69:
65:
64:
53:
49:
48:
45:
41:
40:
32:
31:
28:
22:
16:German general
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
372:
361:
358:
356:
353:
351:
348:
346:
343:
341:
338:
336:
333:
331:
328:
327:
325:
305:
301:
295:
287:
285:9781926685700
281:
277:
276:
268:
260:
254:
250:
249:
241:
227:
223:
217:
213:
205:
202:
199:
197:
191:
189:
184:
181:
177:
172:
170:
165:
160:
158:
154:
150:
146:
142:
134:
131:
127:
123:
119:
115:
102:
89:
88:German Empire
78:
74:
70:
66:
63:
62:German Empire
59:
54:
50:
46:
42:
38:
33:
25:
20:
307:. Retrieved
303:
294:
274:
267:
247:
240:
229:. Retrieved
225:
216:
203:
200:
192:
185:
173:
161:
149:World War II
140:
139:
114:Nazi Germany
335:1971 deaths
330:1892 births
155:during the
324:Categories
309:2018-12-06
231:2018-12-06
208:References
188:Juno Beach
169:Reichswehr
76:Allegiance
58:Hirschberg
44:Birth name
145:Wehrmacht
124:1913–1945
116:(to 1945)
103:(to 1933)
90:(to 1918)
147:during
282:
255:
111:
98:
85:
280:ISBN
253:ISBN
129:Rank
71:1971
68:Died
55:1892
52:Born
326::
302:.
224:.
171:.
60:,
312:.
288:.
261:.
234:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
