Adolf Raegener
German General and Knight's Cross recipient
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Adolf Raegener (17 February 1895 – 17 August 1983) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
German Empire 
Weimar Republic 
Nazi GermanyAdolf Raegener | |
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| Born | 17 February 1895 |
| Died | 17 August 1983 (aged 88) |
| Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
Branch | Imperial German Army Reichswehr Army (Wehrmacht) |
Service years | 1914–1945 |
Rank | Generalleutnant |
Conflicts | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Raegener was born at Kleinleinungen in 1895. He entered the Imperial German Army in 1914 at the start of World War I. At the end of the war, he was a Leutnant in Infantry Regiment 79. He remained as a career officer in the post-war Reichswehr, serving as a battalion commander from 1935 to 1940. During World War II, Raegener commanded infantry regiments 309 and 9 until 1941 when he was severely wounded. After recuperating, he next became the commander of a training group for officer candidates in Berlin, and the commander of Fahnenjunkerschule IX until early 1945. In the last months of the war, he led various Kampfgruppe.[1]
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class & 1st Class (2 March 1917; 5 June 1916)[2]
- Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with swords[3]
- Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg[3]
- Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)[3]
- Baltic Cross, 1st and 2nd class[3]
- Wound Badge (1918) in black[3]
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918[1]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (1 October 1939) & 1st Class (17 May 1940)[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 25 June 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 309[4]
- 842nd Oak Leaves on 17 April 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of Verteidigungsbereich Magdeburg[5]
- War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class with swords[1]
- Wound Badge (1939) in silver[1]
