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Wilhelm Groener, German general and politician who helped prevent a communist revolution in Germany after World War I by throwing army support to the moderate Social Democratic government of Friedrich Ebert. Groener entered the army in 1884. By 1912 he had risen to become head of the railroad.

Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener (* 22. November 1867 in Ludwigsburg; † 3. Mai 1939 in Potsdam-Bornstedt) war ein württembergischer Generalleutnant und deutscher Politiker.

The Ebert–Groener pact, sometimes called the Ebert-Groener deal, was an agreement between the Social Democrat Friedrich Ebert, at the time the Chancellor of Germany, and Wilhelm Groener, Quartermaster General of the German Army, on November 10, 1918.

Wilhelm Groener (1867-1939) was a high-ranking military officer whose support for Friedrich Ebert and the SPD helped suppress a socialist revolution in Germany in 1918-19. He later became a minister in several Weimar governments. Born in Württemberg in southern Germany to a military family, Groener enlisted in the army in 1884.

This dissertation analyzes the career and attitudes of Wilhelm Groener (1867-1939), whom it uses as a vehicle for understanding the Imperial German army officer corps and the assumptions that guided the General Staff war planning process that culminated in the Schlieffen Plan and the German invasion of Belgium and France in 1914.

Groener, Wilhelm. Born 22 November 1867 in Ludwigsburg; died 3 May 1939, Potsdam. Groener entered the Württemberg Army and rose through the ranks, completing the Kriegsakademie at the head of his class in 1896, ahead of Hans v. Seeckt. Transferred to the Great General Staff, he served later as a popular instructor at the Kriegsakademie.

Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener ( German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɡʁøːnɐ] ( listen); 22 November 1867 – 3 May 1939) was a German general and politician. His organisational and logistical abilities resulted in a successful military career before and during World War I.