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| 1713 | Frederick William I |  |
| Doubles the size of the Army to 80,000 men |
| 1888 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 6th Feb Berlin Introduces a measure to increase the army reserve to 3 1/4 of a million |
| 6th Feb Berlin Says to the Reichstag, "We Germans fear God & nothing else on Earth" |
| 1898 | Wilhelm II | |
| 23rd Sep Berlin In a speech says that Germany's future "lay on the water" |
| 1900 | Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Berlin Supplementary Naval Act, escalates shipbuilding after the Boer War |
| 1912 | Theobald, Bethmann Hollweg von | |
| 21st May Berlin The new Naval Law is passed by the Reichstag in order to expand the German navy |
| 1914 | Gallwitz, Max von | |
| Gallwitz's corps is formed into the Army Group Gallwitz in Poland |
| 1926 | Marx, Wihelm | |
| The armed forces secretly co-operate with the Russian Red Army |
| 1928 | Muller, Hermann | |
| 4th Oct A referendum to stop the construction of new battleships is defeated |
| 1928 | Raeder, Erich | |
| Versailles Germany circumvents the Versailles treaty by using pocket battle ships & submarines |
| 1933 | Goering, Herman | |
| Given responsibility for the secret development of the Luftwaffe |
| 1934 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin Orders the Army to increase it's strength from 100,000 to 300,000 by October 1 1934 |
| 1934 | Ribbentrop, Joachim von | |
| Appointed Special Commissioner for the disarmament negotiations |
| 1935 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| Mar Berlin Announces the peace time strength of the German army will be 1/2 million |
| Mar Berlin Hitler restores conscription |
| 9th Mar Berlin The Allies are informed about the existence of a German airforce |
| 16th Mar Berlin Announces abrogation of the treaty of Versailles |
| 16th Mar Berlin Announces expansion of the Army to 36 Divs |
| 16th Mar Berlin The Nazis decree compulsory military service in defiance of the treaty of Versailles |
| 1935 | Krosigk, Lutz Graf Schwerin von | |
| The Minister of Finance is allowed to raise credits to rearm Germany |
| 1937 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 30th Jan Berlin Proclaims to the Reichstag Germany's withdrawal from the treaty of Versailles |
| 1938 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 9th Oct Saarbrucken Announces the strengthening of Germany's western fortifications |
| 1956 | Strauss, Franz Josef | |
| Bonn Begins German rearmament |
| 1994 | Kohl, Helmut | |
| Bonn The Constitutional Court allows Bundeswehr outside NATO on peace-keeping missions |
