Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener Biography

Birth of Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener

Appointed Quartermaster General, 1st term

Appointed Quartermaster General, 1st term

Serves under Von Mackensen

Takes over control of the war economy from Ludendorf when the Kriegsamt is established

Takes over control of the war economy from Ludendorf when the Kriegsamt is established

Takes over control of the war economy from Ludendorf when the Kriegsamt is established

With Hindenburg, helps bring about the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II

Suppresses the Communist uprising, assisted by Ebert

Groener advises Kaiser Wilhelm II that he had lost the confidence of the armed forces and recommends abdication to the monarch

Ebert agrees to suppress the Bolshevik-led revolution and maintain the defeated Armys role & Groener in turn agrees to throw the weight of the still-considerable Army behind the new Government

Ebert agrees to suppress the Bolshevik-led revolution and maintain the defeated Armys role & Groener in turn agrees to throw the weight of the still-considerable Army behind the new Government

Ebert agrees to suppress the Bolshevik-led revolution and maintain the defeated Armys role & Groener in turn agrees to throw the weight of the still-considerable Army behind the new Government

Ebert agrees to suppress the Bolshevik-led revolution and maintain the defeated Armys role & Groener in turn agrees to throw the weight of the still-considerable Army behind the new Government

Groener oversaw the retreat and demobilization of the defeated German army after World War I which ended with the armistice

Resigns from the Army, Groener earned the enmity of much of the military leadership, much of whom sought the retention of the monarchy

Appointed Minister of Transport

Puts Schleicher in charge of the Ministry Bureau for relations with the media

Appoints Schleicher as right hand man in the Ministry of Defence

Appointed Minister of the Interior by Chancellor Bruening

Death of Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener