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| Asst Signals Officer Guderain, Heinz |  |
| Appointed Assisstant Signals Officer in 4th Army HQ |
| Battle of Dogger Bank Hipper, Franz von | |
| 24th Jan Dogger Bank Battle between British & German battle cruisers |
| 24th Jan Dogger Bank The Blucher is sunk at the battle of Dogger Bank |
| 24th Jan Dogger Bank The British prevent a raid being launched by Admiral Hipper |
| Battle of Gorlice Mackensen, August von | |
| 2nd May Gorlice Breaks through the Russian lines at Gorlice-Tarnow & destroys the Russian 3rd Army |
| Blockade of Britain Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von | |
| 18th Feb A German submarine blockade of Great Britain begins |
| 15th June Allied aircraft bombs Karlsruhe in retaliation for German bombing of London |
| Captain Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| Appointed Captain in the General Staff |
| Capture of Belgrade Gallwitz, Max von | |
| 9th Oct Belgrade Commands the 11th Army which helps capture Belgrade |
| Capture of Belgrade Mackensen, August von | |
| 9th Oct Belgrade Captures Belgrade |
| Capture of Brest Mackensen, August von | |
| 29th Aug Brest Litovsk Captures Brest-Litovsk |
| Capture of Libau Mackensen, August von | |
| 7th May Libau Captures Libau, Russian Baltic port |
| Capture of Lvov Mackensen, August von | |
| 22nd June Lvov Captures Lvov |
| Capture of Mount Cosna Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Aug Mount Cosna Leads a raid which captures Mount Cosna from the Romanians |
| Capture of Serbia Mackensen, August von | |
| 4th Dec Serbia Completes the capture of Serbia |
| Commander 11th Army Mackensen, August von | |
| April Appointed Commander of the 11th Army |
| Constitution Beseler, Hans von | |
| Creates a semi-independent "Congress Poland" ruled by an aristocratic Assembly |
| 24th Aug Creates a semi-independent "Congress Poland" ruled by an aristocratic Assembly |
| Death of Ehrlich, Paul Ehrlich, Paul | |
| 20th Aug Bad Homberg Death of Paul Ehrlich, Nobel Prize winning bacteriologist |
| Diplomacy Erzberger, Mathias | |
| Aug Involved in a failed diplomatic mission to Italy, headed by von Bulow |
| Diplomacy Wilhelm II | |
| Dec Warns the Americans, "had better look out after this war" |
| Expulsion Papen Papen, Franz von | |
| Expelled from the USA as "persona non grata" |
| Field Marshal Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Appointed Field Marshal |
| Field Marshal Mackensen, August von | |
| 20th June Appointed Field Marshal |
| 20th June Appointed Feild Marshal |
| General Holtzendorf | |
| Appointed General |
| Appointed Head of the Navy General Staff |
| Governor Poland Beseler, Hans von | |
| 24th Aug Appointed Military Governor of Poland |
| Health Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| July A 2nd leg wound forces him into hospital |
| Invasion of Serbia Gallwitz, Max von | |
| Leads the 11th Army in the Autumn invasion of Serbia |
| Invasion of Serbia Mackensen, August von | |
| 7th Oct Begins an Axis assault on Serbia |
| Lieutenant Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Appointed Lieutenant |
| Lieutenant Rommel Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Appointed Lieutenant |
| Marriage of Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| 27th Nov Rommel marries Lucie Mollin |
| Medal Hess, Rudolph | |
| Awarded the Iron Cross , 2nd class |
| Medal Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| Awarded the Iron Cross , 1st class |
| Medal Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Jan Argonne Awarded the Iron Cross , 1st class |
| Military Attache Papen Papen, Franz von | |
| Appointed Military Attache to the USA |
| Minister of Finance Helfferich, Karl | |
| Appointed Minister of Finance |
| Mobilization Holtzendorf | |
| Claims submarine warfare can end the war in 6 months, forced to resign in Aug 1918 |
| Offensive Carpathian Mackensen, August von | |
| Mar Carpathians Directs the Carpathian Offensive, March-April |
| President Rathenau, Walter | |
| Berlin Appointed President of the Allgemeine-Elektrizitats-Gesellschaft |
| Publication of Daubler Daubler, Theodor | |
| Publication of, "Hesperien" |
| Quartermaster General Groener Groener, Karl Eduard Wilhelm | |
| Appointed Quartermaster General, 1st term |
| Reichsgetreidestelle Michaelis, Georg | |
| Appointed leader of the Reichsgetreidestelle, an office in which he was responsible for the administration of Prussian corn and wheat in the World War I |
| Siege of Novog'ievsk Beseler, Hans von | |
| Novogeorgievsk Leads the Siege of Novogeorgievsk |
| Sinking Blucher Hipper, Franz von | |
| 24th Jan Dogger Bank The Blucher is sunk at the battle of Dogger Bank |
| Sinking Lusitania Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von | |
| 7th May Kinsale Germany sinks the Cunard liner Lusitania, 1152 lives are lost including 102 Americans |
| Sinking Lusitania Wilson, Thomas Woodrow |  |
| 7th May Kinsale Germany sinks the Cunard liner Lusitania, 1152 lives are lost including 102 Americans |
| Socialist Women's Conference Zetkin, Klara | |
| Mar Zetkin organises the Socialist Women's Conference |
| Triple Offensive Gallwitz, Max von | |
| Gallwitz The Army Group Gallwitz joins in the Triple Offensive in central Poland |
