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 (to 1918) First Austrian Republic (to 1938) Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–43
Rank	General der Infanterie (posthumously promoted)
Commands	385. Infanterie Division
Battles / wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Operation Barbarossa
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, awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Eibel was killed on 21 January 1943 at northwest of Stalingrad, when Italian soldiers mistook his command vehicle for a Soviet armored car and blew it up with hand grenades.

Awards

Austro-Hungarian Empire and Austrian Republic

• Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class with War Decoration
• Military Merit Medals in Silver and Bronze
• Karl Troop Cross
• Wound Medal (Austria-Hungary)
• Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd Class with War Decoration and Swords

Nazi Germany

• Sudetenland Medal
• Eastern Front Medal
• Infantry Assault Badge
• Wound Badge (1939) in Black
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (23 September 1939) & 1st Class (5 November 1939)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 15 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 131
  • 50th Oak Leaves on 31 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 132
  • 21st Swords on 19 December 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of 385. Infanterie-Division

References

Bibliography

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• 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)