Otto-Wilhelm Förster
Appearance
Otto-Wilhelm Förster | |
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Born | 16 March 1885 |
Died | 24 June 1966 | (aged 81)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Service/ | German Army (Wehrmacht) |
Years of service | 1903–44 |
Rank | General der Pioniere |
Commands | VI Army Corps |
Battles/wars | World War I
World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Otto-Wilhelm Förster (16 March 1885 – 24 June 1966) was a general in the German Army during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Förster retired from active duty in January 1944. He was arrested by the Soviet authorities following the war. Convicted as a war criminal in Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.
Awards and decorations
[edit]- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 April 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 93. Infanterie-Division [1]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 343.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Categories:
- 1885 births
- 1966 deaths
- People from Ilmenau
- Major generals of the Reichswehr
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
- People from Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Siegfried Line
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- German Army generals of World War II
- Generals of Engineers
- Military personnel from Thuringia