Adolf Raegener

Adolf Raegener
Born	(1895-02-17)17 February 1895 Kleinleinungen
Died	17 August 1983(1983-08-17) (aged 88) Braunschweig
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–1945
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	Infanterie-Regiment 9
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Annexation of the Memelland Invasion of Poland Battle of Belgium Battle of France Battle of Dunkirk Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Adolf Raegener (17 February 1895 – 17 August 1983) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Adolf Raegener was captured by American troops in May 1945 and was released in July of that year.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (5 June 1916)
  • 1st Class (2 March 1917)
• Wound Badge (1914)
  • in Black
• Baltic Cross
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
  • 2nd Class
• Hanseatic Cross of the city of Hamburg
• Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
• Cross of Honor
• Memel Medal
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (1 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (17 May 1940)
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Silver
• Infantry Assault Badge
• Eastern Front Medal
• 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
  • 842nd Oak Leaves on 17 April 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of Verteidigungsbereich Magdeburg

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Adolf Raegener @ Axis Biographical Research