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17 apr 2024 · Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (born November 29, 1856, Hohenfinow, Prussia [now in Germany]—died January 1, 1921, Hohenfinow, Germany) was a German imperial chancellor before and during World War I who possessed talents for administration but not for governing.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 giorno fa · With the kaiser’s explicit approval, Germany’s Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg secretly reached out to President Wilson in August 1916 and urged him to proceed with the peace conference. The Austro-Hungarian leaders secretly approved of this move and of the large concessions the chancellor secretly confided he was prepared to make.
5 giorni fa · The Germans never finalized a set of war aims. However, in September 1914, Kurt Riezler, a senior staff aide to German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg sketched out some possible ideas – dubbed by historians the "September Program."
4 giorni fa · He did say yes! We would succeed.'. This is not to absolve the Reich's political leadership from their share of responsibility for the war. As Dr Mombauer acknowledges, many of them were inherently receptive to Moltke's message and took little convincing that war should not be shirked in 1914.
22 ore fa · All that really happened was a breakdown. It was only the temporary weakness of the police and army in the moment of military defeat which let a mutiny of sailors appear as a revolution. At first sight, one can see how wrong and blind it is comparing 1918 with 1945. In 1945 there really was a breakdown.
3 giorni fa · The "military party" was a reference to Chief of Serbian Military Intelligence, Dragutin Dimitrijević and the officers he led in the 1903 murder of the King and Queen of Serbia. Their acts led to the installation of the dynasty ruled by King Peter and Regent Alexander.
5 giorni fa · The other main point of Rohl's book is the importance of court society for both the Kaiser and the "kingship mechanism." If, once again, there are parallels here with Hitler's Reich, Rohl does not make them. Instead, he is concerned to demonstrate in great detail how anachronistic imperial Germany was at the top.
