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Paul von Hindenburg
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1914
August
23
Hindenburg takes command of the Eighth Army
On 23 August 1914 General Paul von Hindenburg, recalled from retirement, took command of the Eighth Army in East Prussia, with Ludendorff as chief of staff.
31
Battle of Tannenberg ends
On 31 August 1914 Hindenburg reported to the Kaiser the destruction of the Russian 2nd Army. Over 90,000 Russians were captured and Samsonov was dead.
September
05
Battle of the Masurian Lakes begins
At the beginning of September 1914 Hindenburg's German Eighth Army moved against Rennenkampf's Russian First Army. The Battle of the Masurian Lakes began.
18
Hindenburg takes command in the east
On 18 September 1914 General Paul von Hindenburg took command of the new Ninth Army, formed in Silesia to help Austria-Hungary after its defeat in Galicia.
October
09
Battles of Warsaw and Dęblin begin
On 9 October 1914 the Germans reached the Vistula and moved on Warsaw. The British chronology dates the start of the battles of Warsaw and Dęblin to this day.
19
Battle of Warsaw ends
Around 19 October 1914 the Germans began to withdraw from Warsaw. The British chronology ends the Battle of Warsaw on that day.
November
16
Second German offensive against Warsaw
On 16 November 1914 the German Ninth Army crossed the Bzura and advanced on Łódź. The British chronology treats this day as the start of the Battle of Łódź.
27
Hindenburg becomes field marshal
On 27 November 1914 Paul von Hindenburg, Commander-in-Chief of German forces in the East, was promoted to the rank of field marshal.
30
Battle of the Bzura begins
On 30 November 1914 the left wing of the German Ninth Army, reinforced from the west, moved against the Russians at Łowicz and Sanniki.
December
15
End of the Battle of Łódź
A British chronology ends the Battle of Łódź on 15 December 1914. Łódź fell on 6 December, but in mid-month the Russians were still falling back to the Bzura.
17
End of the Battle of the Bzura
On 17 December 1914 the battle of Łowicz and Sanniki came to an end. The Russians gave up Łowicz and took up new positions behind the lower Bzura and the Rawka.
1915
January
21
Wild von Hohenborn becomes minister of war
On 21 January 1915 Adolf Wild von Hohenborn became Prussian minister of war. Falkenhayn handed him the ministry but remained Chief of the General Staff.
February
22
End of the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes
On 22 February 1915 the Germans declared the winter battle in Masuria over. The Russian 10th Army left East Prussia, but most of its corps escaped.
April
30
The Germans take Šiauliai
On 30 April 1915 German cavalry entered Šiauliai in Lithuania, set ablaze by the retreating Russians. The raid was to draw the Russians away from Galicia.
May
11
The Germans abandon Šiauliai
Faced with approaching Russian reinforcements, the Germans withdrew from Šiauliai in Lithuania, taken on 30 April. The British chronology gives 11 May 1915.
July
14
Start of the battle of Šiauliai
On 14 July 1915 the German Niemen Army crossed the Venta in Courland and attacked the Russian 5th Army. An offensive began on the northern wing of the front.
September
03
Germans take Grodno
During the night of 2–3 September 1915 the Germans forced the Niemen and took Grodno after street fighting. The next night the Russians gave up the last forts.
November
01
End of the Battle of Dvinsk
On 1 November 1915 the German attack on Dvinsk petered out. The Russians kept the town and Dvina bridgeheads; the front froze there for over two years.
1916
August
29
Key event
Hindenburg becomes Chief of the General Staff
On 29 August 1916 Wilhelm II dismissed Falkenhayn. Hindenburg became Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army, with Ludendorff as his deputy.
31
End of the French defence at Verdun
31 August 1916 is the nominal end of the defensive phase of Verdun. In August the French retook Fleury and the Germans stopped seeking a decision on the Meuse.
September
11
Surrender of the Greek IV Corps at Kavala
On 11 September 1916 the Greek IV Corps, trapped in Kavala, gave itself up to the Germans to avoid Bulgarian captivity. The Bulgarians took the town next day.
October
30
Stein becomes Prussian minister of war
At the end of October 1916 General Hermann von Stein became Prussian minister of war. He replaced Wild von Hohenborn, who had fallen foul of Hindenburg.
1917
July
14
Michaelis becomes Reich Chancellor
On 14 July 1917 Georg Michaelis became Reich Chancellor. He replaced Bethmann Hollweg, brought down by the army chiefs with the help of Reichstag deputies.
1918
September
29
Key event
Ludendorff demands an armistice
On 29 September 1918 at Spa Hindenburg and Ludendorff demanded an immediate armistice request. The Kaiser agreed to appeal to Wilson and to parliamentary rule.
October
26
Ludendorff dismissed
On 26 October 1918 the Emperor accepted General Erich Ludendorff's resignation, demanded by the chancellor after an army order rejecting Wilson's third note.