Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein
Military Commander
1870 – 1948
Who was Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein?
Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein was a German General from Nuremberg. He was a member of the group of German officers who assisted in the direction of the Ottoman Army during World War I. Kress von Kressenstein was part of Otto Liman von Sanders military mission to Turkey, which arrived in Turkey shortly before World War I broke out.
Von Kressenstein came from a patrician family in Nuremberg. His father Georg Kress von Kressenstein was a high court judge. Von Kressenstein joined the Bavarian army as an ensign in the artillery in 1888.
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- Born
- Apr 24, 1870
Nuremberg - Nationality
- Germany
- German Empire
- Employment
- Chief of staff, Turkish VIII Army Corps
(1915 - )
- Chief of staff, Turkish VIII Army Corps
- Died
- Oct 16, 1948
Munich
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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