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    Friedrich Siegmund Georg Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (also German: Kreß; 24 April 1870 – 16 October 1948) was a German general from Nuremberg. He...
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  • Kress von Kressenstein (1870–1948), German general in World War I Lauretta E. Kress (1863–1955), Canadian-American physician, wife of Daniel Kress above Nancy...
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    Paul Otto Felix Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein (13 September 1850 – 19 February 1929) was a Bavarian Colonel General and Minister of War from 16 February...
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    garrison as it was withdrawing. German general Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein was commander of the three divisions of the Fourth Army. He further...
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    successfully defended. In February, Enver Pasha, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, and Cemal Pasha withdrew from the line, retiring 14 miles (23 km)...
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    February, on the Suez Canal to east of the Suez to Kantara Railway. Kress von Kressenstein's Ottoman Suez Expeditionary Force advanced from Southern Palestine...
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    Kress von Kressenstein". First World War.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015. "Who's Who – Otto Liman von Sanders"...
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  • General Philip Chetwode commanding the EEF's Eastern Force and Kress von Kressenstein's Ottoman Empire force had each adopted a defensive posture and a...
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    once they crossed the canal.[citation needed] The Bavarian Colonel Kress von Kressenstein had been appointed Chief of Staff of the VIII Corps, Fourth Army...
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  • Pasha took von Falkenhayn's advice to send the Yildirim Army Group to Palestine, to face the growing threat reported by Kress von Kressenstein. Enver Pasha...
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    and writer Otto Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein (1850–1929), Bavarian general and War Minister Friedrich Kreß von Kressenstein (1855–1920), Bavarian General...
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    An Ottoman force led by the German General Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein made a surprise attack on three and a half squadrons of the British...
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    23:00, Major-General von Danner, along with fellow generals Adolf Ritter von Ruith [de] and Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, compelled Lossow to...
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    General von Seeckt and replaced by General Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein. However, Ritter von Kahr defied Seeckt and announced that von Lossow...
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    Divisions. The Eighth Army was commanded by Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein and at that time had an estimated 2,894 officers; 69,709 men; 29...
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    In the meantime, the Ottoman army usually commanded by Colonel Kress von Kressenstein pushed towards and occupied Sinai. The two men had a thinly disguised...
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    3,000 strong and commanded by Major General Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein. General Erich Ludendorff was also involved in supervision and organizing...
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    weeks Kress von Kressenstein was reinforced by the 7th and the 54th Divisions, and by October 1917 the Eighth Army commanded by Kress von Kressenstein had...
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    withdraw his Seventh and Eighth Armies (commanded by Fevzi Pasha and Kress von Kressenstein respectively) and move his headquarters from Jerusalem to Nablus...
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  • Kress von Kressenstein". First World War.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015. "Who's Who – Otto Liman von Sanders"...
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  • Bavaria (1904–1906) - Later a Generalfeldmarschall Otto Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1906–1910) - Bavarian Minister of War, 1912–1916 1.Bayerische-Infanterie-Division...
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    April 3, 1913 Obst-Lt (later Gen der Artillerie) Friedrich Frhr. Kreß von Kressenstein of Bavaria (1870–1948); awarded the 4th Class prior to World War...
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    von Moltke, Chief of the German General Staff at the outbreak of World War I. Nephew of Moltke the Elder. Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein,...
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    longer be used by large forces. German General Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein's raiding force retaliated to this growing British presence by attacking...
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  • Briant as Captain Reichert Ralph Cotterill as General Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein Bill Kerr as Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Chauvel Grant Piro as...
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    Günther von Kluge Hans von Koester Paul König Waldemar Kophamel Dietrich Kraiss Walther Krause Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein Hans Kreysing Friedrich...
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    ⇒ de: List of the German Empire's colonel generals Insignias 1926 – Hans von Seeckt (1866–1936), Chief of the Oberste Heeresleitung. 1930 – Wilhelm Heye...
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    – Carl von Horn (1847–1923), Minister of War August 1, 1914 – Otto Kreß von Kressenstein (1850–1929), Minister of War April 9, 1918 – Felix von Bothmer...
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    Desert Force commanded by the German general Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein out of Bir el Abd and across the Sinai to El Arish. By mid-September...
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