Karl Eibl

Infobox Military Person
name=Karl Eibl
lived=birth date|1891|7|23|df=y — death date and age|1943|1|21|1891|7|23|df=y
placeofbirth=Steg Oberdonau, Austria
placeofdeath=near Stalingrad


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nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary (to 1918)
flagicon|Austria First Austrian Republic (to 1938)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Heer
serviceyears=1914-1943
rank=General der Infanterie (posthumously promoted)
commands=385. Infanterie Division
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
*Invasion of Poland
*Operation Barbarossa
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=

Karl Eibl (23 July 1891 – 21 January 1943) was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

Awards

* "Österreichisches Militärverdienstkreuz" 4th Class
* Infantry Assault Badge
* Wound Badge in Black
* Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (15 August 1940)
** 50. Oak Leaves (31 December 1941)
** 21. Swords (19 December 1942)

References

*cite web|title=Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern|work=Karl Eibl| url= http://ritterkreuz.heim.at/els/els_karl_eibl.htm| accessdate=5 March| accessyear=2008
*cite web |title=Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945|work=Karl Eibl|url= http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Infanterie/E/Eibl-Karl.htm|accessdate=5 March| accessyear=2008
* Berger, Florian, "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges". Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.