 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1938 Kreß akagadzwa kutungamirira 1st Mountain Divisions 99th Regiment. Akatungamirira chikwata kusvikira muna 1943, achigamuchira Knights Cross yeIron Cross muna December 1941 achishumira kuEastern Front. Mushure mekurasikirwa kukuru kune 1st Mountain Division, akapiwa kutungamira kwe4th Mountain Division iyo yaakatungamira sechikamu cheXXXIX Mountain Corps muhondo yeCaucasus.. Kreß akaurayiwa neSoviet sniper musi wa 11 August 1943, pedyo neNovorossiysk paKuban bridgehead. 