Karl Eglseer was born in
Bad Ischl in
Upper Austria on 5 July 1890. He entered the
Austro-Hungarian Army in August 1908 as an
ensign, serving in World War I. Remaining in the Austrian Bundesheer after 1918, he transferred to the
Wehrmacht after the
Anschluss with Germany in 1938. In October 1940 he was promoted to command the
4th Mountain Division, serving in
Army Group South on the
Eastern Front. In October 1941 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his leadership of the division. Eglseer then led the
714th Infantry Division in Yugoslavia from February 1943 to December 1943, when he became commander of the
XVIII Army Corps on the Northern sector of the Eastern Front. On 23 June 1944 the aircraft carrying Eglseer, as well as Generals
Dietl,
von Wickede and Franz Rossi, crashed in the
Styria region of Austria. There were no survivors. At the time of his death Eglseer held the rank of
General of Mountain Troops. ==Awards==