{{Short description|German general (1892–1971)}} __NOTOC__{{Infobox military person |name=Werner Forst |birth_date=21 December 1892 |death_date={{death date and age|1971|2|3|1892|12|21|df=y}} |birth_place= |death_place=<!--- Wiesbaden |burial_place=South Cemetery Wiesbaden ----> |image=Forstwer.jpg |image_size=100px |caption= |nickname= |allegiance=<!---- {{flag|German Empire}} <br/>{{flag|Weimar Republic}}<br/> ---->{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |branch=Army (Wehrmacht) |service_years= |rank= ''Generalleutnant'' |commands=293rd Infantry Division<br/>106th Infantry Division |unit= |battles= World War I ---- World War II <!----- *Annexation of the Sudetenland *Invasion of Poland *Battle of France *Operation Barbarossa *Battle of Kursk *Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation *Lower Dnieper Offensive *Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive ---> |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |other_work= }}

'''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)<ref name="Thomas p172">Thomas 1997, p. 172.</ref> <!--- * Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords ---> * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 September 1939) & 1st Class (20 October 1939)<ref name="Thomas p172"/> * German Cross in Gold on 14 March 1942 as ''Oberst'' in the 293. Infanterie-Division<ref>Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 118.</ref> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ** Knight's Cross on 29 August 1943 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of 106. Infanterie-Division<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 154.</ref> ** Oak Leaves on 22 February 1944 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of 106. Infanterie-Division<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 68.</ref>

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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{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 }} * {{Cite book |last1=Patzwall |first1=Klaus D. |last2=Scherzer |first2=Veit |year=2001 |title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 |language=German |location=Norderstedt, Germany |publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall |isbn=978-3-931533-45-8 }} * {{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Franz |year=1997 |title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K |language=German |location=Osnabrück, Germany |publisher=Biblio-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7648-2299-6 }} {{refend}}

{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box |before=Generalleutnant Justin von Obernitz |after=Generalleutnant Karl Arndt |title= Commander of 293. Infanterie-Division |years=19 February 1942 - 10 January 1943 }} {{succession box |before=Generalleutnant Arthur Kullmer |after=Generalleutnant Siegfried von Rekowski |title= Commander of 106. Infanterie-Division |years=10 January 1943 - 20 February 1944 }} {{s-end}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Forst, Werner}} Category:1892 births Category:1971 deaths Category:Military personnel from Magdeburg Category:Lieutenant generals of the German Army (1935–1945) Category:German Army personnel of World War I Category:Recipients of the Gold German Cross Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Category:Military personnel from the Province of Saxony Category:Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Category:German Army generals of World War II

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