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The Wagner surname was first found in Saxony, where the family became a prominent contributor to the development of the area from ancient times. [3] The alternatively spelled surname Wegner has its origin in Silesia. This common occupational surname was often given to one who transported produce or other goods via high-sided wagons or carts.
During World War II, he served as the quartermaster-general from 1941 to 1944 and was promoted to General of the Artillery on 1 August 1943. On 24 July 1939, he drew up regulations that allowed German soldiers to take hostages from civilian populations and execute them in response to resistance. [ 1 ]
In April 1944 Wagner was promoted to SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS and given command of the 4th SS Polizei Division. In August 1944, Wagner was given command of a Kampfgruppe (battle group), against the Tartu Offensive of the Soviet 3rd Baltic Front. [1] After the war ended, Wagner was taken prisoner by the Americans.
Western society calls this man "Tank Man" or "Unknown Protester". In April 1998, Time magazine named the man "The Unknown Rebel" as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century . In 2003, Life magazine published a book called “100 Photos That Changed the World” which also included photos of people blocking a tank convoy.
The first black armored units, which had been a matter of great public interest, were activated in early 1941. [4] Two black tank destroyer units were formed that December, as tank destroyer battalions were treated as a separate arm of service. A further five were activated in 1942, and four (in addition to two planned, but later canceled) in 1943.
The TOG 2, officially known as the Heavy Tank, TOG II, was a British super-heavy tank design produced during the early stages of World War II for a scenario where the battlefields of northern France devolved into a morass of mud, trenches, and craters as had happened during World War I. When this did not happen, the tank was deemed unnecessary ...
Robert Heinrich Wagner, born as Robert Heinrich Backfisch (13 October 1895 – 14 August 1946) was a Nazi Party official and politician who served as Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Baden, and Chief of Civil Administration for Alsace during the German occupation of France in World War II.
Nazi Germany developed numerous tank designs used in World War II.In addition to domestic designs, Germany also used various captured and foreign-built tanks. [1]German tanks were an important part of the Wehrmacht and played a fundamental role during the whole war, and especially in the blitzkrieg battle strategy.