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Third Supreme Command

Germany · Government / Government of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1916–1917Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1916

Erich von Ludendorf1916

Government / Government of Germany

Ludendorff and Hindenburg become the leaders of the military-industrial dictatorship 3rd Supreme Command

1917

Erich von LudendorfJuly 1917

Government / Government of Germany

Ludendorff becomes the dominant figure in the 3rd Supreme Command and after the resignation of Theobald Bethmann Hollweg takes political, military and economic control of Germany

Names involved

Erich von Ludendorf

Provenance

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