Eglseer, Karl
- Date of birth:
- July 5th, 1890 (Bad Ischl, Austria)
- Date of death:
- June 23rd, 1944 (near Hartberg, Austria)
- Nationality:
- Austrian
Biography
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Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- August 26th, 1934
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger–Regiment 136
- Awarded on:
- August 25th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Komandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136
- Awarded on:
- September 12th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136
- Awarded on:
- October 12th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136
- Awarded on:
- October 12th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136
- Awarded on:
- October 12th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136
- Awarded on:
- October 12th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor
- Awarded on:
- April 30th, 1941
Tsarski Orden "Sv. Aleksandar" II stepen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 4.Gebirgs-Division
- Awarded on:
- July 15th, 1941
With Swords
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 4. Gebirgs-Division
- Awarded on:
- October 23rd, 1941
“Generalmajor Eglseer heavily influenced the Uman pocket battle through his personal initiative. By allowing his left wing Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 91 to swing right towards Podwissokoje via Polonisteje he interdicted the last road to the south for the not-yet encircled enemy forces. Through this the ring around the Uman pocket was more or less closed, which in turn enabled the destruction of the 6th and 12th Russian armies.”
Sources
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Documents and decorations Hermann Historica Auction Catalog 48
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