Hermann Kreß

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Hermann Kreß
Born23 July 1895
Died11 August 1943(1943-08-11) (aged 48)
Novorossiysk, Soviet Union
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branchArmy (Wehrmacht)
RankGeneralleutnant
Commands held4th Mountain Division
Battles/wars
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hermann Kreß (23 July 1895 – 11 August 1943) was a German Generalleutnant during World War II who commanded the 4th Mountain Division.

In 1938 Kreß was appointed to command the 1st Mountain Division's 99th Regiment. He led the regiment until 1943,[1] receiving the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in December 1941 while serving on the Eastern Front.[2] After heavy losses to the 1st Mountain Division, he was given command of the 4th Mountain Division which he led as part of the XXXXIX Mountain Corps in the Battle of the Caucasus.[3] Kreß was killed by a Soviet sniper on 11 August 1943, near Novorossiysk on the Kuban bridgehead.[4]

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  1. ^ Meyer 2008, p. 103.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Fellgiebel 2000, p. 224.
  3. ^ Meyer 2008, p. 92.
  4. ^ Braun 1955, p. 44.

Bibliography[]

  • Braun, Julius (1955). Enzian und Edelweiss. Die 4. Gebirgs-Division 1940–1945 [Gentian and Edelweiss. The 4th Mountain Division 1940–1945] (in German). Bad Nauheim: Podzun.
  • (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
  • Meyer, Hermann Frank (2008). Blutiges Edelweiß: die 1. Gebirgs-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg [Bloody Edelweiss: the 1st Mountain Division in the Second World War] (in German). Berlin, Germany: Ch. Links. ISBN 9783861534471.
Military offices
Preceded by
Generalleutnant Karl Eglseer
Commander of 4. Gebirgs-Division
23 October 1942 – 12 August 1943
Succeeded by
Generalleutnant
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