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Groener, Wilhelm
Born: 1867 AD
Died: 1939 AD, at 71 years of age.
Nationality: German
Categories: Administrator, General
Died: 1939 AD, at 71 years of age.
Nationality: German
Categories: Administrator, General
1867 - Born in Ludwigsburg, Württemberg on the 22nd of November.
1884 - He entered the Württemburg Army.
1893-1897 - Attended the War Academy.
1899 - He was appointed to the General Staff.
1917 - In August, Groener took a field command in the Ukraine.
1918 - On the resignation of Erich Ludendorff on the 29th of October , Groener became First Quartermaster General under Field Marshal von Hindenburg.
- With the Kaiser's abdication on the 9th of November the Marxist Spartacist League had declared a soviet republic in Berlin.
- Groener subsequently oversaw the retreat and demobilisation of the defeated German army after World War I ended with the armistice on the 11th of November.
1920 - Groener was in and out of retirement.
1920-1923 - He served as Transportation Minister.
1929 - He succeeded Otto Geßler as Defence Minister.
1931 - He also became Interior Minister, and favoured the banning of the Nazi storm troopers.
1939 - Died in Bornstedt bei Potsdam on the 3rd of May.
1884 - He entered the Württemburg Army.
1893-1897 - Attended the War Academy.
1899 - He was appointed to the General Staff.
1917 - In August, Groener took a field command in the Ukraine.
1918 - On the resignation of Erich Ludendorff on the 29th of October , Groener became First Quartermaster General under Field Marshal von Hindenburg.
- With the Kaiser's abdication on the 9th of November the Marxist Spartacist League had declared a soviet republic in Berlin.
- Groener subsequently oversaw the retreat and demobilisation of the defeated German army after World War I ended with the armistice on the 11th of November.
1920 - Groener was in and out of retirement.
1920-1923 - He served as Transportation Minister.
1929 - He succeeded Otto Geßler as Defence Minister.
1931 - He also became Interior Minister, and favoured the banning of the Nazi storm troopers.
1939 - Died in Bornstedt bei Potsdam on the 3rd of May.
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