Werner Forst
Werner Forst (born December 21, 1892 in Magdeburg , † February 3, 1971 in Wiesbaden ) was a German officer who was last lieutenant general in World War II .
Life
Forst served as an officer in the First World War . After the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr and served in various units. During the Second World War he led the 293rd Infantry Division and the 106th Infantry Division as commander .
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Wound badge (1918) in silver
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
- German cross in gold on March 14, 1942
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on August 29, 1943
- Oak leaves on February 22, 1944 (407th award)
literature
- Peter Stockert: Die Eichenlaubträger 1940–1945 , 9 volumes, 4th revised edition, Bad Friedrichshall 2010–2011.
Web links
- Lieutenant General Werner Forst. In: oocities.org. Retrieved March 9, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 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 .
- ↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 68, 154 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forst, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd February 1971 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |