Waldemar Holst Military person

Waldemar August Johannes Holst (14 September 1907 – 17 May 1975) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. In the Bundesmarine he attained the rank of Kapitän zur See.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 14, 1907
Birth place
Hanover
Date of deathMay 17, 1975
Place of death
Hamburg

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Military person

allegiance
Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
West Germany
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
World War II
military command4. Räumbootflottille
military unit
Niobe (schooner)

Waldemar Holst on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.deutsches-marinearchiv.de/Archiv/1935-1945/Personen/Ritterkreuz/f-h/holst.htm