__NOTOC__{{Infobox military person |name = Karl Gümbel |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|06|24|df=yes}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|10|28|1888|06|24|df=yes}} |birth_place = |death_place = |burial_place = |burial_label = |burial_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> |nickname = |birth_name = |allegiance = <!--- {{flagicon|German Empire|23px}} German Empire (to 1918)<br>{{flag|Weimar Republic|23px}} (to 1920)<br> ---->{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |branch = Army |service_years = 1914–1920<br>1935–1945 |rank = ''Generalleutnant'' |service_number = |unit = |commands = ''295. Infanterie-Division''<br>''257. Infanterie-Division''<br>''182. Reserve-Division''<br>''348. Infanterie-Division'' |battles = <!--- World War I ---- ---> World War II <!--- *Battle of France *Operation Barbarossa *Battle of Uman *Battle of Kiev (1941) ---> |battles_label = |awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |relations = |other_work = |signature = }} '''Karl Gümbel''' (24 June 1888 – 28 October 1970) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

== Awards and decorations == <!--- * Iron Cross (1914) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class * Iron Cross (1939) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class ----> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 October 1941 as ''Oberst'' and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 516<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 171.</ref>

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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6 }} {{refend}}

{{S-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box |before=Generalleutnant Herbert Geitner |after=General der Artillerie Rolf Wuthmann |title= Commander of 295. Infanterie-Division |years=9 December 1941 – 2 May 1942 }} {{succession box |before=General der Pionere Karl Sachs |after=General der Infanterie Carl Püchler |title= Commander of 257. Infanterie-Division |years=1 May 1942 – 30 May 1942 }} {{succession box |before=Previously Division Nr. 182 |after=Generalmajor Paul Lettow |title= Commander of 182. Reserve-Division |years=5 June 1942 - 27 September 1942 }} {{succession box |before=None |after=Generalleutnant Paul Seyffardt |title= Commander of 348. Infanterie-Division |years=27 September 1942 – 5 February 1944 }} {{S-end}}

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