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Mobilization

Germany · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1909–1939Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1909

Holtzendorf1909

Warfare / Military

Opposes expansion by Tirpitz & concentration of naval forces in the North Sea

1912

Erich von Ludendorf1912

Warfare / Military

Appointed head of the Mobilization Section, becoming Moltkes closest adviser

1938

Erich Raeder27 September 1938

Warfare / Military

Appeals to Hitler not to begin a war

1939

Rudolf Schmundt3 May 1939

Berlin · Warfare / Military

Takes minutes at a Chancellery conference when Hitler declares war is inevitable

Names involved

Erich RaederErich von LudendorfHoltzendorfRudolf Schmundt

Provenance

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