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Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein

1870 - 1948

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Friedrich Siegmund Georg Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (also German: Kreß and Turkish: Kress Pasha; 24 April 1870 – 16 October 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 the military mission of Otto Liman von Sanders to the Ottoman Empire, which arrived shortly before World War I broke out. He was also the main leader for the Ottoman Desert Command Force (DCF). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein is the 1,218th most popular military personnel (down from 1,053rd in 2019), the 3,056th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,556th in 2019) and the 228th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein ranks 1,218 out of 2,058. Before him are Rash Behari Bose, John Basilone, Hasan Salama, Fritz-Julius Lemp, Iosif Igelström, and Mehmed II Giray. After him are Agustina de Aragón, Sō Yoshitoshi, Neoptolemus, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Ieronim Uborevich, and Walther Wever.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein ranks 89. Before him are Thomas Byles, Erskine Childers, Ada Negri, Motobu Chōki, Charles Tournemire, and Hilaire Belloc. After him are Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Francisco S. Carvajal, Osachi Hamaguchi, Nikolay Lossky, John Paine, and Édouard Le Roy. Among people deceased in 1948, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein ranks 99. Before him are Na Hye-sok, Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Georgios Tsolakoglou, Hasan Salama, and Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey. After him are August Hlond, Giulio Gaudini, Charles Evans Hughes, Vicente Huidobro, Karl Valentin, and Henning Jakob Henrik Lund.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein ranks 3,058 out of 7,253. Before him are Jacques Ignace Hittorff (1792), Alojs Andritzki (1914), Karl Wittgenstein (1847), Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927), Solomon Perel (1925), and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884). After him are Heinrich Schrader (1767), Justinus Kerner (1786), Ferdinand Reich (1799), Manfred Winkelhock (1951), Ewald Hering (1834), and Christoph von Dohnányi (1929).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein ranks 228. Before him are Richard Ruoff (1883), Hajo Herrmann (1913), Adolf Diekmann (1914), Karl Koller (1898), Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699), and Wilhelm Batz (1916). After him are Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg (1684), Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851), Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892), Hans Graf von Sponeck (1888), Heinrich von Bellegarde (1756), and George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (1892).

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