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Hindenburg Program

Germany · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1916Date range
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Chronological records

1916

Paul Ludwig Hans von Hindenburg1916

Warfare / World War, 1st

The Hindenburg Program is the name given to a series of initiatives that attempted to reorganize Germany's war effort around the concept of total war. The High Command issues a program to direct the war economy. Makes war work compulsory for every male aged 17-60. Issues instructions for annexation, mobilization & the auxiliary service law

Names involved

Paul Ludwig Hans von Hindenburg

Provenance

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