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| Ambassador Bernstorf |  |
| Constantinople Appointed Ambassador to Turkey |
| Armistice Leopold | |
2nd Dec Dvinsk Pays host to the Russian  Armistice Commission behind German lines at Dvinsk |
| Armistice Joffe, Adolf Abromovich | |
| 15th Dec Germany retains it's captured territories |
| Battle of Arras Falkenhayn, Eric von | |
9th April Arras A British  tactical victory |
| 9th April Arras The British begin the Nivelle offensive against the German 6th under von Falkenhausen |
| Battle of Cambrai Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| 20th Nov Cambrai A surprise British tank attack |
| 3rd Dec Cambrai A German counter-offensive wipes out British gains |
| Battle of Caporetto Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| 24th Oct Caporetto The Germans under von Bulow break through Italian lines at Isonzo & head for Caporetto |
26th Oct Caporetto The German-Austria  n Army captures Caporetto |
| 3rd Nov River Piave The Italian s are forced back as far as the River Piave |
| Battle of Caporetto Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| 24th Sep Caporetto 300,000 Italian s are taken prisoner |
| 24th Sep Caporetto Bombards Caporetto & crosses the River Isonzo |
| 24th Sep Caporetto Victory enables the German March offensive on the Western Front |
| 24th Sep River Isonzo Bombards Caporetto & crosses the River Isonzo |
| Battle of Putna Falkenhayn, Eric von | |
| 4th Jan Putna Begins the first day of the Battle of Putna |
| Battle of Riga Bruchmuller, Georg | |
| 1st Sep Riga Hutier & Bruchmuller use artilley on to break holes in the defensive line |
| 1st Sep Riga Prepares the German artillery for the attack on Riga |
| 3rd Sep Riga Bruchmuller & Hutiercapture Riga, remains in German hands until the end of the war |
| Battle of Riga Hutier, Oskar von | |
| 1st Sep Riga Hutier & Bruchmuller use artilley to break holes in the defensive line |
| 1st Sep Riga Hutier's 8th Army attacks Russian positions around Riga to clear the coastal salient |
| 1st Sep River Dvina Establishes a bridgehead over the Dvina & the Russian 12th Army flees |
| 2nd Sep Riga Riga is evacuated |
| 3rd Sep Riga Bruchmuller & Hutiercapture Riga |
| 3rd Sep Riga Riga remains in German hands until the end of the war |
| Battle of Tarnopol Bruchmuller, Georg | |
| June Tarnopol Prepares the German artillery for the attack on Tarnopol |
| Battle of Verdun Falkenhayn, Eric von | |
| 25th Jan Verdun A mile long stretch of French trenches is stormed at Hill 304 but recaptured |
| 18th Mar Verdun German attacks in the Avocourt-Mort Sector are repulsed |
| Capture Bruchmuller, Georg | |
| 3rd Sep Riga Bruchmuller & Hutiercapture Riga, remains in German hands until the end of the war |
| Capture Hutier, Oskar von | |
| 3rd Sep Riga Bruchmuller & Hutiercapture Riga, remains in German hands until the end of the war |
| Capture Mackensen, August von | |
Jan Consolidates German control of Romania  |
| 4th Jan Gurgueti Captures Gurgueti |
| 4th Jan Romanul Captures Romanuli |
| 2nd Feb Jijila Captures Jijila |
| 2nd Feb Macin Captures Macin |
| Chairman SDP Scheidemann, Phillip | |
| Appointed co-Chairman of the SDP |
| Chancellor Hertling, Georg von | |
| 30th Oct Berlin Appointed Chancellor of Germany |
| Chancellor Michaelis, Georg | |
| 14th July Appointed Chancellor of Germany as well as Minister President of Prussia |
| Chief of Staff Seeckt, Hans von | |
| Appointed Chief of the General Staff for the Turkish Army |
| Commander Michelsen, Andreas | |
| 5th June Appointed Commander of the U-Boats |
| Communist Party Luxemburg, Rosa | |
| Dec Revolution breaks out across Germany , the leftists, led by Rosa Luxemburg and the Spartacist League, form the KPD |
| Constitution Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| July Ludendorff becomes the dominant figure in the Third Supreme Command and after the resignation of Theobald Bethmann Hollweg takes political, military and economic control of Germany |
| Council War Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| 27th Dec Ludendorf's 2nd council of war |
| Diplomacy Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von | |
Hopes for President Woodrow Wilson's mediation come to nothing, and, over Bethmann Hollweg's objections, Hindenburg and Ludendorff force the adoption of unrestricted submarine warfare bringing the USA  into the war in 1917 |
| Dismissal Ebert, Friedrich | |
| Oct Berlin Calls for the dismissal of the Chancellor, Georg Michaelis |
| Flanders Rupprecht | |
| 1st June Flanders Transfers 10 Divisions from the Lens-Lille sector to Flanders |
| General Governor Belgium Falkenhausen, Ludwig von | |
Appointed General Governor of Belgium  |
| Mayor Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Cologne Appointed Mayor of Cologne |
| Medal Hitler, Adolf | |
| Awarded the Iron Cross , 1st class |
| 17th Sep Bavaria Awarded the Bavarian Service Cross |
| Meeting GSC Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| 11th Nov Convenes a General Staff Meeting to consider an offensive in the west |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Kuhlmann, Richard von | |
| 6th Aug Berlin Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister President Michaelis, Georg | |
| 14th July Appointed Chancellor of Germany as well as Minister President of Prussia |
| Mobilization Theobald, Bethmann Hollweg von | |
| 9th Jan Silesia At a GHQ meeting agrees to unrestricted submarine warfare |
| Offensive Falkenhayn, Eric von | |
| 9th April Arras The British begin the Nivelle offensive against the German 6th under von Falkenhausen |
| Party Leader Haase, Hugo | |
| Appointed leader of the Independent Social Democratic Party |
| Peace Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von | |
| 16th May Offers an immediate peace to Russia |
| 9th July The Kaiser rejects Bethmann's peace policy |
| Peace Ebert, Friedrich | |
| Berlin Helps draft the Reichstag Peace Resolution |
| Peace Erzberger, Mathias | |
| July Berlin Carries a resolution favoring peace free from annexations |
| July Berlin Introduces the Peace Resolution to the Reichstag which is passed |
| Peace Hoffman, Maximilian | |
| 3rd Dec German representitive at Brest-Litovsk where the Russians are seeking an armistice |
| President Kahr, Gustav Ritter von | |
| Appointed Regional President for Upper Bavaria |
| Resignation Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von | |
| 13th July Berlin The passage of the Peace Resolution by anAlliance of the Social Democratic, Progressive, and Center parties, forces his resignation and replacement by the political nonentity Georg Michaelis |
| Resolution Peace Erzberger, Mathias | |
| July Berlin Introduces the Peace Resolution to the Reichstag which is passed |
| Riga Hoffman, Maximilian | |
| Riga Plans the successful Riga Offensive |
| Rule of Alsace Kuhlmann, Richard von | |
Alsace Offers to negotiate but Lloyd George supports France  in recovering Alsace & Lorraine |
| Alsace Lorraine Offers to negotiate but Lloyd George supports France in recovering Alsace & Lorraine |
| Rule of Lorraine Kuhlmann, Richard von | |
| Lorraine Offers to negotiate but Lloyd George supports France in recovering Alsace & Lorraine |
| Rule of Riga Hutier, Oskar von | |
| 3rd Sep Riga Riga remains in German hands until the end of the war |
| Secretary of State Kuhlmann, Richard von | |
| 6th Aug Appointed Secretary of State |
| Secretary of State Kuhlman, Richard von | |
| 6th Aug Appointed Secretary of State |
| Siege of Baghdad Falkenhayn, Eric von | |
| 3rd June Baghdad Reports that an offensive against Baghdad is feasible |
| Siege of Isonzo Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| 24th Oct Caporetto The Germans under von Bulow break through Italian lines at Isonzo & head for Caporetto |
| Siege of River Isonzo Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| 24th Sep River Isonzo Ludendorf crosses the River Isonzo |
| Spartacist League Luxemburg, Rosa | |
| Dec Revolution breaks out across Germany , the leftists, led by Rosa Luxemburg and the Spartacist League, form the KPD |
| Third Supreme Command Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| July Ludendorff becomes the dominant figure in the Third Supreme Command and after the resignation of Theobald Bethmann Hollweg takes political, military and economic control of Germany |
| Treaty of Brest Litovsk Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| Brest Litovsk After the withdrawal of Russia from the war in Ludendorff is a key figure in the Brest-Litovsk negotiations |
| Vote Peace Erzberger, Mathias | |
| July Berlin Carries a resolution favoring peace free from annexations |
