Wolfgang Gast

Wolfgang Gast
Born 14 February 1919
Beelitz
Died 8 May 1988 (1988-05-09) (aged 69)
Reutlingen
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Waffen-SS
Years of service 1939–45
Rank Obersturmführer
Unit 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Iron Cross 1st Class
Iron Cross 2nd Class

Wolfgang Gast (14 February 1919 – 8 May 1988) was an Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) in the Waffen-SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in July 1944.

Obersturmführer Gast was the commander of the II Battalion, 2nd SS Artillery Regiment, Das Reich, when he was awarded the Knight's Cross. The Cross recognized extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "frontkjemper". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011.
  • 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. 
  • Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7. 
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