Forwerk, Hans-Werner

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Date of birth:: January 13th, 1912 (Gohlis/Leipzig, Germany)
Date of death:: December 10th, 1982 (Hamburg, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: I./Grenadier-Regiment 187 / 87. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:: April 14th, 1945

Awarded the Knight’s Cross for his Bataillon’s determined stand during the Sixth Battle of Courland, specifically its multi-day defense of the Molkerei Vartaja.

Sources

- WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 2010.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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