Gustav von Vaerst

Gustav von Vaerst
German officers, including Vaerst, arrive at a POW camp in the UK, June 1943
Born	(1894-04-19)19 April 1894
Died	10 October 1975(1975-10-10) (aged 81)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank	General der Panzertruppe
Battles/wars	World War II

Gustav von Vaerst (19 April 1894 – 10 October 1975) was a German general 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) Hans-Ulrich Back 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 ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 13th Panzer Division

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