Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Wilhelm Groener: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener
Born November 22, 1867 • Ludwigsburg • Germany
Died May 3, 1939 (aged 71) • Germany
Role In World War I

Photos

Wilhelm Groener
See All Images →
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
president of Weimar Republic
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
German general
Walther Rathenau
Walther Rathenau
German statesman
default image
Karl Otto Koch
German Nazi commandant
Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth von Moltke
German military commander [1848–1916]
Dietrich, Sepp
Josef Dietrich
German military officer
default image
Alfred von Schlieffen
German military officer
Kluck, 1914
Alexander von Kluck
German general
default image
Georg Bruchmüller
German artillery officer
Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
German officer
August von Mackensen
August von Mackensen
German military officer
Paul Hausser, German Waffen-SS commander, World War II.
Paul Hausser
German military officer
default image
Rudolf Franz Höss
German Nazi commandant
default image
Friedrich von Bernhardi
German soldier and military writer
Erich von Falkenhayn
Erich von Falkenhayn
German general
default image
Fritz Fischer
German historian
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in military uniform, wearing a fur hat with a prominent skull emblem and various medals and decorations on his chest.
Wilhelm II
emperor of Germany
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
German statesman
default image
Arthur Zimmermann
German statesman
Scheer, Reinhard
Reinhard Scheer
German admiral

Related Quizzes

American infantry streaming through the captured town of Varennes, France, 1918.This place fell into the hands of the Americans on the first day of the Franco-American assault upon the Argonne-Champagne line. (World War I)
World War I Quiz