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German General and Knight's Cross recipients
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23 July 1895, Haßfurt
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11 August 1943, Novorossiysk (aged 48 years)
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48 years
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Hermann Kreß (23 July 1895 – 11 August 1943) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 4th Mountain Division. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Kreß was killed instantly by a shot in the head from a Soviet sniper on 11 August 1943 near Novorossiysk, Soviet Union.
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- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 224.
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