Werner Forst

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|name=Werner Forst

|birth_date=21 December 1892

|death_date={{death date and age|1971|2|3|1892|12|21|df=y}}

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|image=Forstwer.jpg

|image_size=100px

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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Army (Wehrmacht)

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|rank= Generalleutnant

|commands=293rd Infantry Division
106th Infantry Division

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|battles= World War I

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World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

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Werner Forst (21 December 1892 – 3 February 1971) was a German general during World War II who held several divisional commands. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (1 October 1914) & 1st Class (16 September 1916)Thomas 1997, p. 172.

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 September 1939) & 1st Class (20 October 1939)
German Cross in Gold on 14 March 1942 as Oberst in the 293. Infanterie-DivisionPatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 118.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight's Cross on 29 August 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 106. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 154.
Oak Leaves on 22 February 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 106. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 68.

References

=Citations=

=Bibliography=

{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|orig-date=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}