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August Graf von Kageneck (1922–2004) was a German tank commander in the armored forces, writer and a journalist.
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He served in the German Wehrmacht in World War II as a tank commander, before being wounded in 1942 and evacuated back to Germany.
His life included time as a tank commander during WWII in the Eastern Front. After the war he became a journalist and author of several books. He was instrumental in the postwar reconciliation between France and Germany.