Karl Egli
Karl Egli (born July 23, 1865 in Tettnang , Germany; † June 11, 1925 in Zurich ; resident in Gossau ) was a Swiss general staff officer .
Egli completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller and later worked from 1892 to 1902 as an instruction officer in the Swiss Army . He made a name for himself as a military publicist at an early age . From 1903 to 1905 he was a military teacher at the Central School in Thun . From 1905 he headed the geographic section of the General Staff . In 1916 he was removed from his position by the Federal Council as a result of the Obersten affair . From 1916 to 1918 he was a lecturer in military science at the University of Basel . From 1918 he worked as a bookseller and publisher in Zurich.
Works
- Two years of World War I (with 22 map sketches), Zurich 1917
- The third year of world war - an overview of the armed events from August 1916 to August 1917 , Zurich 1918
- The deployment and movements of the armies of France, Belgium and England in the western theater of war until 23 August 1914 . Mittler & Sohn, Berlin (1918)
Web links
- Works by and about Karl Egli in the German Digital Library
- Christoph Zürcher: Egli, Karl. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Egli, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss general staff officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tettnang |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1925 |
| Place of death | Zurich |