Wagner, Gustav
- Date of birth:
- September 23rd, 1890 (Bischofsburg/East Prussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 14th, 1951 (Goslar/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, German Reich)
Biography
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 44 / 11.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 14th, 1941
Awarded for his regiment's breakthrough of the Soviet bunker line at Kirishi (west of Volkhov). There his regiment destroyed 533 (!) enemy bunkers and precipitated the collapse of the Soviet resistance in the area. Wagner, revered as the "Iron Gustav" by his men, was recognized appropriately for this achievement.
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Buxa, W., Weg und Schicksal der 11. Infanterie-Division, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2004
- ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de
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