Hermann Kreß was a German General der Gebirgstruppe during World War II who commanded the 4th Mountain Division. In 1938 he was appointed to command the 1st Mountain Division's 99th Regiment, which he led until 1943.[1] After heavy losses to the 1st Mountain Division he was given command of the 4th Mountain Division which he led as part of the XXXXIX Mountain Corps in the Battle of the Caucasus.[2] Kreß was killed by a Soviet sniper on 11 August 1943, near Novorossiysk, Soviet Union.