Name Karl Eglseer | Service/branch German Army | |
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Buried at St. Ruprecht Cemetery, Klagenfurt Allegiance Austria–Hungary (to 1918)
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)
Nazi Germany Years of service 1908–38 (Austria)
1938–44 (Germany) Rank Oberst (Austria)
General der Gebirgstruppe (Germany) Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Annexation of Austria
Annexation of the Sudetenland
Battle of France
Invasion of Yugoslavia
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Uman
Crimean Campaign (1941–1942)
Battle of the Caucasus
Battle of Anzio Died June 23, 1944, Rettenegg, Austria Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Anschluss, Battle of France Commands held 4th Mountain Division, 114th Jager Division, XVIII Army Corps | ||
Place of burial Klagenfurt, Austria | ||
Karl Eglseer (5 July 1890 – 23 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XVIII Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Eglseer was killed in an air crash in Austria on June 23, 1944, along with generals Thomas-Emil von Wickede and Eduard Dietl.
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