Otto-Wilhelm Förster

Otto-Wilhelm Förster
Born	(1885-03-16)16 March 1885
Died	24 June 1966(1966-06-24) (aged 81)
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Service years	1903–1944
Rank	General der Pioniere
Commands	VI Army Corps
Conflicts	World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow
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 entered military service in 1903 and fought in World War I. After the war, he remained in the peacetime Reichswehr. He fought in World War II and retired from active duty in January 1944. He was arrested by the Soviet authorities following the war. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg
• Knight's Cross Second Class of the Order of the White Falcon with Swords (Weimar)
• Wilhelm Ernst War Cross (Saxe-Meiningen)
• Cross for Merit in War (Saxe-Meiningen)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 August 1941 as General der Pioniere and commander of VI. Armeekorps

References

Bibliography

• 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.