The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General of Mountain Troops Karl Eglseer

Eglseer, Karl

General of Mountain Troops

* 5th of July 1890

† 23rd of June 1944

Promotions

1932-09-08 Lieutenant-Colonel (Austrian Army)
1935-06-15 Colonel (Austrian Army)
1940-11-01 Major-General
1943-02-01 Lieutenant-General
1943-03-01 General of Mountain Troops

Service

1931-03-01 1935-11-01 Attached to Brigade Command 3 (Austrian Army)
1935-11-01 1936-09-01 Attached to 6th Infantry Division (Austrian Army)
1936-09-01 1938-03-14 Chief of Staff, 6th Infantry Division (Austrian Army)
1938-03-14 1938-07-31 General Officer Commanding 6th Infantry (Austrian) Division
1938-03-15 Transferred to the German Army
1938-08-01 1939-08-26 Commanding Officer 136th Mountain Regiment
1939-08-26 1940-11-01 Chief of Staff. Military District XVIII
1940-11-01 1942-10-22 General Officer Commanding 4th Mountain Division
1942-10-22 1943-02-01 Unemployed
1943-02-01 1943-03-20 Attached to Training Affairs Section, Army General Staff, Army High Command OKH
1943-03-20 1943-12-01 General Officer Commanding 114th Light Division
1943-12-01 1943-12-10 Unemployed
1943-12-10 1944-03-01 Acting General Officer Commanding XVIII Mountain Corps [Finland]
1944-03-01 1944-06-23 General Officer Commanding XVIII Mountain Corps, Finland
1944-06-23 Killed in an Air Crash
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299594