243rd Static Infantry Division ( Wehrmacht ) The 243rd Static Infantry Division was raised in July 1943 . It was stationed in the Cotentin Peninsula when the Allies invaded in June 1944 . Generalleutnant Karl - Wilhelm von Schlieben , commander of the 709th Infantry Division reported that the commander of the 922nd Grenadier Regiment , Oberstleutnant Franz Müller , who had been assigned to the 243rd Infantry Division on the west coast , had been transferred by Generalleutnant Heinz Hellmich with regimental troops of the 922nd Grenadier Regiment , the 3rd Battalion 922nd Grenadier Regiment , and one Battalion of the 920th Grenadier Regiment , and the engineer battalion of the 243rd Infantry Division to Montebourg by night march on June 6 . Regiment Müller was to advance south with its left wing along St Floxel - Fontenay sur Mer - Ravenoville road . Von Schlieben did not remember the purpose of the mission , but assumed it was to prevent a widening of the enemy bridgehead to the north and to support the left flank of the 1058th Grenadier Regiment which engaged in a counterattack at Ste - Mere - Eglise on June 7 . An attack by Regiment Müller was prevented from making progress by heavy naval gunfire . Oberstleutnant Günther Keil reported events slightly differently . He said Oberstleutnant Müller arrived on the evening of June 6 in the area north of Azeville - St Marcouf with regimental troops of the 922nd Grenadier Regiment , the engineer battalion of the 243rd Infantry Division , and the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 922nd Grenadier Regiment ( not a battalion from the 920th Grenadier Regiment ) . He goes on to add that on the morning of June 7 Regiment Müller attacked , the 3rd Battalion 922nd Grenadier Regiment on the left wing operating against St Marcouf . St Marcouf was captured , but under the pressure of heavy fire from enemy ship based artillery had to give up the position . Making connection with the 3rd Battalion 739th Grenadier Regiment , Oberstleutnant Müller then entrenched with his front facing south . That evening , the 3rd Battalion 922nd Grenadier Regiment along with the 3rd Battalion 739th Grenadier Regiment under command of Oberstleutnant Müller were subordinated to Oberstleutnant Keil . Oberstleutnant Müller took over the southern front adjacent to Oberst Helmuth Rohrbach ' s taskforce with the boundary being the western edge of the park of Fontenay . This position was maintained until the evening of June 12 , when the units withdrew under orders of General der Artillerie Erich Marcks . Generalleutnant Hellmich also dispatched the 3rd Battalion of the 243rd Artillery Regiment ( less the 10th Battery ) from the west coast via Bricquebec to Valognes . The two batteries took up position during the fight of June 6 near Ecausseville ( 3 . 5 km south of Montebourg ) . They were assigned to Regimental Staff Seidel and supported the attack of the 1058th Grenadier Regiment on June 7 . The 3rd Battalion of the 243rd Artillery Regiment remained with the defending forces around Montebourg after the failed attack of the 1058th Grenadier Regiment . The division was destroyed in the Battle of Normandy , with its last elements lost in the fall of Cherbourg . Commanders . Generalleutnant Heinz Hellmich