__NOTOC__ Alexander Edler von Daniels (17 March 1891 – 6 January 1960) was a German general in the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the '' Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previo ...

during

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who fought in the

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. Daniels commanded the 376th Infantry Division at

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, which was part of

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of the German Sixth Army. In late December 1942, after Operation Uranus encircled the Sixth Army, Daniels was promoted to

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and awarded the

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. Daniels surrendered himself and his division to Col. Ivan Konstantinovich Morozov, commander of the 422nd Rifle Division, and was marched into captivity by the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...

on 29 January 1943, where he was interrogated by Captain Nikolay Dyatlenko.Beevor 1998, p. 378.

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on 18 December 1942 as ''

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'' and commander of 376. Infanterie-Division

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