Adolf Raegener Explained

Adolf Raegener
Birth Date:	17 February 1895
Allegiance:
Branch:	Army
Serviceyears:	1914–45
Rank:	Generalleutnant
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

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. He was born at Kleinleinungen.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class & 1st Class (2 March 1917)(5 June 1916)^[1]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (1 October 1939) & 1st Class (17 May 1940)^[1]
• 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^[2]
  • 842nd Oak Leaves on 17 April 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of Verteidigungsbereich Magdeburg^[3]

Sources

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

• Book: Thomas , Franz . 1998 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Notes and References

1. Thomas 1998, p. 179.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 284.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 84.