Date of birth:

March 17th, 1891 (Trier/Rhineprovince, Germany)

Date of death:

January 6th, 1960 (Bielefeld/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Alexander Edler von Daniels finally reached the rank of Generalleutnant. After the Second World War he was a Soviet Prisoner of War until 12th October 1944.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst

Unit:

Infanterie-Regiment 239

Awarded on:

December 15th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Generalmajor (Brigadier)

Unit:

Kommandeur 376.Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

December 18th, 1942

Awarded for his actions in the middle of November 1942 in the Stalingrad area. As enemy forces penetrated through the threatened wing of his Division he created a new defensive front and thereafter successfully led the defensive battle at the expense of much personal effort.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1998.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - das-ritterkreuz.de