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The Oberste Heeresleitung (German pronunciation: [ˈoːbɐstə ˈheːʁəsˌlaɪtʊŋ], "Supreme Army Command", OHL) was the highest echelon of command of the army (Heer) of the German Empire. In the latter part of World War I , the Third OHL assumed dictatorial powers and became the de facto political authority in the Empire.
Once he and Hindenburg had established a de facto military dictatorship, Ludendorff directed Germany's entire military strategy and war effort until the end of the conflict. In this capacity, he secured Russia's defeat in the east and launched a new wave of offensives on the Western Front resulting in advances not seen since the war's outbreak.
Georg von Hertling − Chancellor of the German Empire (1917–1918) Max von Baden − Chancellor of the German Empire (1918) Gottlieb von Jagow − German Foreign Minister (1913–1916) Arthur Zimmermann [13] − German Foreign Minister (1916–1917) Richard von Kühlmann - German Foreign Minister (1917–1918) Paul von Hintze - German Foreign ...
Walther Karl Friedrich Ernst Emil Freiherr [1] von Lüttwitz [2] (2 February 1859 – 20 September 1942) was a German general who fought in World War I.Lüttwitz is best known for being the driving force behind the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch of 1920 which attempted to replace the democratic government of the Weimar Republic with a military dictatorship.
The Silent Dictatorship: The Politics of the German High Command under Hindenburg and Ludendorff, 1916–1918 (London: Croom Helm, 1976) Morrow, John. German Air Power in World War I (U. of Nebraska Press, 1982); Contains design and production figures, as well as economic influences. Sheldon, Jack (2005). The German Army on the Somme: 1914 - 1916.
Germany did not want to risk lengthy battles along the Franco-German border and instead adopted the Schlieffen Plan, a military strategy designed to cripple France by invading Belgium and Luxembourg, sweeping down to encircle and crush both Paris and the French forces along the Franco-German border in a quick victory. After defeating France ...
Generals of the Imperial German Army during World War I (1914-1918). Germany portal; Pages in category "German Army generals of World War I"
Comparative numbers of German and Allied front-line infantry from April to November 1918. [6]The German High Command—in particular General Erich Ludendorff, the Chief Quartermaster General at Oberste Heeresleitung, the supreme army headquarters—has been criticised by military historians [who?] for the failure to formulate sound and clear strategy.