Friedrich Freiherr Kress Von Kressenstein
Friedrich Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein (April 24, 1870 – October 16, 1948) 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. This German mission arrived in Turkey shortly before World War I broke out.
Von Kressenstein came from a noble family in Nuremberg. His father Georg Kreß von Kressenstein (1840–1911) was a high court judge. Von Kressenstein joined the Bavarian army as an ensign in the artillery in 1888.
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