Adolf Raegener

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.

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.

Awards and decorations Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class & 1st Class (2 March 1917; 5 June 1916) Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with swords Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) Baltic Cross, 1st and 2nd class Wound Badge (1918) in black Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (1 October 1939) & 1st Class (17 May 1940) 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 War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class with swords Wound Badge (1939) in silver