Alfred Wäger Explained

Alfred Wäger
Birth Date:17 August 1883
Birth Place:Bamberg, German Empire
Death Place:Baden-Baden, West Germany
Allegiance: (to 1918)
(to 1933)
Branch:Army
Serviceyears:1901–42
Rank:General of the Infantry
Commands:10th Infantry Division
XXV Army Corps
XXVII Army Corps
Höheres Kommando z.b.V. XXXIV
Battles:World War I----World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Alfred Wäger (17 August 1883 – 9 July 1956) was a General of the Infantry in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during the Second World War who commanded several units. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Career

After the beginning of the Second World War, Wäger was the commanding general of the XXV Army Corps. From 6 November 1939 to 23 December 1941, he led the XXVII Army Corps in the West. Finally, he commanded the Höheres Kommando z.b.V. XXXIV on the central section of the Eastern Front, which was defeated in the Battle of Moscow. He was transferred to the Führerreserve in early January 1942 and finally retired in August 1942.Wäger settled in Baden-Baden and in the last days of the war was able to hand over the city to the advancing French without a fight. A bridge over the Oos river was named after him in 1995.

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