Karl Eibl

Karl Eibl
Born (1891-07-23)23 July 1891
Bad Goisern, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died 21 January 1943(1943-01-21) (aged 51)
north of Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary (to 1918)
Austria First Austrian Republic (to 1938)
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1914–43
Rank General der Infanterie (posthumously promoted)
Commands held 385. Infanterie Division
Battles/wars

World War I

World War II

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Karl Franz Eibl (23 July 1891 – 21 January 1943) was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, which was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Eibl was killed north-west of Stalingrad on the 21st of January 1943, when Italian soldiers mistook his command vehicle for a Soviet armored car and blew it up with hand grenades.[1]

Awards

Austro-Hungarian Empire and Austrian Republic
Nazi Germany

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Mitcham 2007, p. 89.
  2. 1 2 Berger 1999, p. 68.
  3. ↑ Thomas 1997, p. 148.
  4. 1 2 3 Scherzer 2007, p. 290.

Bibliography

  • Berger, Florian (1999). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges [With Oak Leaves and Swords. The Highest Decorated Soldiers of the Second World War] (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-0-6. 
  • Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007). Rommel's Desert Commanders — The Men Who Served the Desert Fox, North Africa, 1941–42. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-3510-9.
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. 
  • Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6. 
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