Waldemar Holst

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Waldemar Holst
Born (1907-09-14)14 September 1907
Hanover
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Hamburg
Allegiance Weimar Republic Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany (to 1945)
 West Germany
Service/branch  Reichsmarine
 Kriegsmarine
 German Navy
Years of service 1927–45
1956–65
Rank Korvettenkapitän (Wehrmacht)
Kapitän zur See (Bundeswehr)
Unit SSS Niobe
Berlin
Commands held 4. Räumbootflottille
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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.

Awards

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Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Dörr 1995, p. 267.
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 195.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 234.

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