14 January 1916Promotion to OberleutnantAlfred Jodl
Jodl is promoted to Oberleutnant while serving in the First World War.
Historical records for Germany in 1916, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Jodl is promoted to Oberleutnant while serving in the First World War.
Finds the exact spherical solution to Einstein's field equations, foundational for black hole theory.
Flamethrowers are used for the 1st time at the Battle of Verdun. Decides "to bleed France white" by concentrating on a historically sensitive area. 1st day to "bleed the French white", 1200 German artillery guns open fire
Flamethrowers are used for the 1st time at the Battle of Verdun
Begins successfully when the Germans take Fort Douamont, Verduns strongest position
Several SPD members in the Reichstag vote against the authorization of further credits to finance World War I, pacifists led by Hugo Haase are expelled from the SPD
Haase and 18 other SPD delegates vote against the Government's emergency budget
Appointed Commander of the Army of the Danube
Appointed Commander of the Army of the Danube
Forced to resign as party chairman of the SPD
Founded and led the Sozialdemokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Death of Karl Schwarzschild
Leads 5 cruisers along the Jutland Peninsula to break the British North Sea blockade. Hipper & Beattys destroyers see each other & the Germans entice the British fleet. Germans have 16 Dreadnoughts, 6 pre-Dreadnoughts, 11 light cruisers & 72 destroyers
Intends to entice British battle-cruisers offf the Norwegian coast & destroy them. Follows von Hipper with the German Fleet of 99 ships along the Jutland Peninsula
The Germans claim a victory because they have sunk more ships than they have lost. The German Fleet retrurns to port & does not break out again during the war. Scheer is outgunned by Jellicoes fleet & turns away under cover of smokescreens. Both sides lose 6 ships but the British lose greater tonnage
Transfers 15 Divisions from the Western to the Eastern front after the Brusilov Offensive
Transfers 15 Divisions from the Western to the Eastern front after the Brusilov Offensive
Cancels supplies to the battle when the French are saved from by Allied bombardment
Predicts gravitational waves as propagating disturbances in spacetime within general relativity.
Commands German Second Army at the opening of the Allied Somme attack.
Takes command of German Second Army after German forces on the Somme are reorganised.
Takes command of the reorganised German Second Army south of the Somme.
Appointed Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff
Paul von Hindenburg replaces Erich von Falkenhayn as Chief of Staff of the German Army
Paul von Hindenburg replaces Erich von Falkenhayn as Chief of Staff of the German Army
Captures Silistra
Captures Turtukai
Commands German First Army forces resisting the British and Dominion attacks on the Somme front.
The Russians had taken 450,000 prisoners but lost 1,000,000. The offensive is called off
The German Ninth Army pushes back the Romanian forces during the Romanian Campaign
The German Ninth Army pushes back the Romanian forces during the Romanian Campaign
Wounded in the thigh by a shell splinter near Bapaume and evacuated to hospital in Germany.
Injured by a grenade splinter & returns to Germany for the 1st time in 2 yrs
Captures the key Black Sea port of Constanta from Romania
Convalesces in Beelitz
Proclaims the Polish Congress of State for military & economic resources for Germany
Proclaims the Polish Congress of State for military & economic resources for Germany
German & Austrian victory which leads to the capture of Bucharest. Attacks the Romanians at the River Argesul who launch an operation to defend Bucharest
German & Austrian victory which leads to the capture of Bucharest. Attacks the Romanians at the River Argesul who launch an operation to defend Bucharest
The Germans capture Bucharest after the Battle of Argesul
The Germans capture Bucharest after the Battle of Argesul
Issues a Peace Note for negotiations, hopes to control Belgium & North East France
Each loses about 350,000. After 10 months the Germans are forced back to their original positions
Appointed Commander of the Second Army
Appointed Commander of the Second Army
Publishes his popular introduction to special and general relativity.
Appointed Commander of the Second Army
Jodl leaves the Western Front for service connected with an Austro-Hungarian artillery formation.
Participates in the Battle of Neuville St Vaast
Learns how to use tanks in battle, leading exponent in World War II
Participates in the Battle of Verdun
Appointed Cabinet Chief
Captures Dobrudja from Romania
Serves under Von Mackensen
Appointed Chief of Staff on the Eastern Front
Appointed Chief of Staff of the Eastern Front
Appointed Chief of the General Staff, serves the Austrian Archduke Charles
Appointed Chief of the General Staff, serves the Austrian Archduke Charles
Appointed Commander of the German Fleet
Appointed Commander of the German Fleet
Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army for the Romanian Campaign
Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army for the Romanian Campaign
Appointed Commander of the "Army Group Rupprecht", a group of northern German armies
Appointed Commander of the "Army Group Rupprecht", a group of northern German armies
Ludendorff and Hindenburg become the leaders of the military-industrial dictatorship 3rd Supreme Command
Publication of "Das Sternenkind"
The Party is split by Eberts opposition to the minority anti-war caucus of the SDP. Supports defending German territory, including Alsace & Lorraine, non-annexationist
Dimissed by the Kaiser after the failure of Verdun
Takes over control of the war economy from Ludendorf when the Kriegsamt is established
Appointed Field Marshal
Appointed Field Marshal
Publishes a systematic presentation of the general theory of relativity and its field equations.
Appointed Commander of the Turkish forces in the Middle East
Appointed Commander of the Turkish forces in the Middle East
Serves as president of the German Physical Society during the consolidation of general relativity.
The completion of a fortified German Defence line across North Eastern France. Named after the Field Marshal
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
Directs Homunculus, a six-part science fiction serial.
Founds the Independent Social Democratic Party
Takes over control of the war economy from Ludendorf when the Kriegsamt is established
Appointed Major
Takes over control of the war economy from Ludendorf when the Kriegsamt is established
Appointed Minister of the Interior
Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army for the Romanian Campaign
Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army for the Romanian Campaign
Ludendorff supports unrestricted submarine warfare and successfully puts pressure on Kaiser Wilhelm II to dismiss those in the armed forces that favour a negotiated peace settlement
Develops a quantum theory of radiation introducing transition probabilities later represented by Einstein coefficients.
Hindenburg appoints Ludendorff as his Quartermaster General
Hindenburg appoints Ludendorff as his Quartermaster General
Appointed Party Leader in the Reichstag
Papers on relativity produced the first exact solutions to the Einstein field equations, and a minor modification of these results gives the well-known solution that now bears his name: the Schwarzschild metric
The Schwarzschild solution, which makes use of Schwarzschild coordinates and the Schwarzschild metric, leads to the well-known Schwarzschild radius, which is the size of the event horizon of a non-rotating black hole
Ludendorff supports unrestricted submarine warfare and successfully puts pressure on Kaiser Wilhelm II to dismiss those in the armed forces that favour a negotiated peace settlement
Ludendorff and Hindenburg become the leaders of the military-industrial dictatorship 3rd Supreme Command
Ludendorff and Hindenburg become the leaders of the military-industrial dictatorship 3rd Supreme Command
Armin commands German forces opposite Ypres.
German forces continue holding high ground near Ypres.
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