Karl Göbel (Major General)

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Karl Göbel (born January 20, 1900 in Adelschlag , † March 2, 1945 in Esslingen am Neckar ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .

Life

Karl Göbel served from June 22, 1918 as a volunteer and ordinary soldier in the First World War . He was accepted into the Reichswehr , although his rise there was slow. In 1922 he was promoted to NCO. In 1927 he became a sergeant major. On March 1, 1935, he was promoted to first lieutenant as a sergeant major and accepted into the active officer corps. From October 1, 1936, he was a captain and company commander in Infantry Regiment 119 of the 25th Infantry Division . During the Second World War he fought as a company commander in the 119 Infantry Regiment in the western campaign . From the end of 1940 he commanded the III. Battalion of the 420 Infantry Regiment of the 125th Infantry Division . In 1941 he was active in the occupation of Yugoslavia as part of the Balkan campaign and then on the Eastern Front . He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 1, 1943. On June 1, 1943, he was promoted to colonel and commander of the 420 Infantry Regiment. From September 1944, Göbel was in command of the 299th Infantry Division in Poland and East Germany. Seriously wounded on February 16, 1945, he died at the beginning of March in a hospital in Esslingen. He was posthumously appointed major general on March 2, 1945.

Göbel was one of a total of 79 generals and admirals of the Wehrmacht who rose from the rank of non-commissioned officer to general or admiral.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Keilig: The Generals of the Army 1939-1945 . Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, Friedberg 1983, p. 109
  2. ↑ a b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 14 ( google.de [accessed on April 26, 2019]).
  3. ↑ http://www.ritterkreuztraeger.info/rkel/g/EL252G%F6bel.pdf
  4. ^ Dirk Richhardt: Selection and training of young officers 1930–1945: On the social genesis of the German officer corps. Inaugural dissertation, Department of History and Cultural Studies, Philipps University of Marburg 2002, p. 49
  5. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 .
  6. ↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 61, 164 .
personal data
SURNAME Goebel, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Nobility strike
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1945
Place of death Esslingen am Neckar