Wolf Hagemann

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Wolf Hagemann (born July 20, 1898 in Glashütte , † September 12, 1983 in Évian-les-Bains , France ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

After his training at the Hauptkadettenanstalt, Hagemann joined the Grenadier Regiment "King Wilhelm I." (2nd West Prussian) No. 7 of the Prussian Army on March 22, 1916 as an ensign . On July 5, 1916, he was promoted to lieutenant without a patent and finally served as a machine gun officer and company commander in the Fusilier regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Moltke" (Silesian) No. 38 . For his achievements during the war, Hagemann was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , the Waldechk Order of Merit IV Class and the Wound Badge in Black.

After the end of the First World War he was assigned to a volunteer corps in the border guard and in May 1919 was taken over as leader of the MG company of the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 92 in the Provisional Reichswehr . From April 1, 1938 , Hagemann led the newly established III in the Klagenfurt area as a major and commander. Battalion of the Mountain Infantry Regiment 139 of the 3rd Mountain Division , which was formed from the 5th and 7th Divisions of the Austrian Armed Forces.

In the association of the 3rd Mountain Division, Hagemann joined the armed forces' attack against the Polish army on September 1, 1939. The division was then transferred to the west and assigned to the 6th and 16th Army, transferred to the Hunsrück and further trained there. On March 1, 1940, Hagemann was promoted to lieutenant colonel. From April 9, 1940, Hagemann and his battalion went to Norway as part of Group XXI and fought there in the Narvik area under Lieutenant General Eduard Dietl against Norwegians and British until their withdrawal in May / June 1940. For his commitment and the performance of his battalion was Hagemann was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on September 4, 1940 .

At the end of August 1940, Hagemann surrendered his battalion and, after a vacation from October 20, 1940, took over the officer training courses for military district XVIII in Salzburg as commander. From April 15, 1941 Hagemann served on the staff of the German Army Mission in Romania , where he was promoted to colonel on November 1, 1941 with a patent on February 1, 1941 . From December 16, 1941, Hagemann was in command of the 49th Jägerregiment of the 28th Light Infantry Division (formerly the 28th Inf.-Div., Subsequently the 28th Jägerdivision), Army under General of the Infantry (from March 1, 1942 Colonel General) Erich von Manstein in the Crimea before Sevastopol was deployed. On June 13, 1942, Hagemann was wounded and had to give up command of his regiment. From November 2, 1942, Hagemann was in charge of teaching staff 2 at the Army Infantry School in Döberitz near Berlin. From December 8, 1943, Hagemann was in command of the 336th Infantry Division , which was deployed in the Crimea in the 17th Army under Colonel General Erwin Jaenecke . On March 1, 1944, Hagemann was promoted to major general.

In the heavy defensive battles in April and May 1944, the division was destroyed in Sevastopol and on the Chersonese peninsula, with the exception of small remnants, which included the division commander and which were still able to escape by ship to Constan ina in Romania. Hagemann was wounded again. For his leadership performance and the performance of his division in the Crimea, Hagemann was awarded the Oak Leaves for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (484th award) on June 4, 1944.

The 541st Grenadier Division, then the Volksgrenadier Division, which was newly established from July 7, 1944 in Military District I in East Prussia, was led by Hagemann in the defensive battles for East Prussia in the association of Colonel General Weiss' 2nd Army , then the 4th Army of General Infantry Friedrich Hoßbach (later General of the Infantry Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller). On September 1, 1944, Hagemann was promoted to lieutenant general. Even before the division in the Heiligenbeil pocket was destroyed, Hagemann was transferred to Army Group Vistula and from March 1, 1945 he was assigned to command the Oder Corps. The Battle of Berlin experienced Hagemann with in this position. Last he was in April 1945 with the deputy leadership of the XXXXVIII. Panzer Corps entrusted with whom he at the same in US captivity went and he was released in 1947 from the.

Hagemann lived in Uffing am Staffelsee in 1958.

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 5: v. Haack-Hitzfeld. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1999. ISBN 3-7648-2538-3 . Pp. 51-53.
  • Franz Thomas, Günter Wegmann (ed.): The oak leaves 1939–1945. Volume 1: A-K. Biblio publishing house. Osnabrück 1997. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6 . P. 255.
  • Wolf Keilig: The German Army 1939-1945. Volume I. Delivery 211. Podzun-Verlag 1956. p. 116.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1925. p. 190.
  2. ↑ a b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 360.
personal data
SURNAME Hagemann, Wolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Glassworks
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1983
Place of death Evian-les-Bains , France