Gustav von Vaerst

Gustav von Vaerst
German officers, including Vaerst, arrive at a POW camp in the United Kingdom, June 1943
Born	(1894-04-19)19 April 1894
Died	10 October 1975(1975-10-10) (aged 81)
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	General der Panzertruppe
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gustav Fritz Julius von Vaerst (19 April 1894 – 10 October 1975) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II.

References

Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945. Ranis/Jena: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. p. 755. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Erwin Menny	Commander of 15. Panzer-Division 9 December 1941 – 26 May 1942	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Eduard Crasemann
Preceded by Generalleutnant Heinz von Randow	Commander of 15. Panzer-Division 25 August 1942 – 11 November 1942	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Willibald Borowietz

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 2nd Panzer Division

Staff	Vollrath Lübbe Rudolf Veiel Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz¹ (Oak Leaves)

Units	Gustav von Vaerst Karl Decker² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Peter Prien? Hans-Günther Stotten³ (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Weidenbrück⁴ (Oak Leaves) Hans-Ulrich Back Karl Betz Lothar von Bischoffshausen Gerhard Schmidhuber⁵ (Oak Leaves)

¹ Knight's Cross with 20th Panzer Division, Swords with the XXXXVII Panzer Corps ² Oak Leaves with the 5th Panzer Division, Swords with the XXXIX Panzer Corps ³ Oak Leaves with the 15th Panzer Division ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 13th Panzer Division This along with the ? (question mark) indicates doubt about the listing.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 62323242 LCCN: n94013297 GND: 117325023

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