German 302nd Static Infantry Division

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The 302nd Static Infantry Division was raised over the winter of 1940-1941 and stationed in northern France for occupation duties. It was serving as coastal defense at Dieppe during the Canadian amphibious raid of August 1942, which it turned back, inflicting severe losses upon the Allied forces. In October the division was reorganized as the 302nd Infantry Division (with improved mobility and offensive capabilities), and after a few additional months serving as a reserve in France was transferred to the Russian Front in early 1943 to help shore up the line after the fall of Stalingrad. Thereafter it was pushed back along with the front line until it was destroyed in western Ukraine in August 1944, whereupon surviving elements were used to rebuild other weakened infantry divisions.