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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.

The Weimar Republic, [b] officially known as the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.

File:GROENER.GIF 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.

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg ( pronounced [ˈpaʊl ˈluːtvɪç ˈantoːn fɔn ˈbɛnəkn̩dɔʁf ʔʊnt fɔn ˈhɪndn̩bʊʁk] ; abbreviated pronounced [ˈpaʊl fɔn ˈhɪndn̩bʊʁk] ; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I. [1] He later became President of G...

Von Rundstedt's Corps disintegrated in the wake of defeat and the German Revolution, but while most officers were demobilised, he remained in the Army, apparently at the request of General Wilhelm Groener, who assumed leadership of the shattered Army.

Wilhelm Groener wurde am 22. Nov. 1867 in Ludwigsburg (Württemberg) als Sohn eines Militärzahlmeisters geboren und wurde 1886 im Infanterie-Regiment Alt-Württemberg Nr. 121 (Ludwigsburg) Offizier. Im Jahre 1899 wurde er in den Grossen Generalstab versetzt, in dem er es mit der üblichen Unterbrechung durch Kommandos zur Truppe im Okt. 1912 ...

Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener is a German former general, famous for his deeds during the Weltkrieg. After serving as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1923 to 1932, he was appointed State Secretary for the Interior after the 1932 elections. Groener is a well-known figure in the...