Hindenburg Programme

The Hindenburg Programme was a <a href="/facts/First_World_War/vITTUanQ">First World War</a> armaments and economic policy begun in late 1916 by the heads of the German General Staff, Field Marshal <a href="/facts/Paul_von_Hindenburg/a38UPIDS">Paul von Hindenburg</a> and General <a href="/facts/Erich_Ludendorff/a6PqoHpu">Erich Ludendorff</a>. Its goal was to make the most efficient use of civilian and military resources vastly to increase Germany production of weapons and munitions. The Programme established a <a href="/facts/Kriegsamt/YusfCmHn">Kriegsamt</a> (War Office) under the command of General <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Groener/8t2z4947">Wilhelm Groener</a> to create a command economy for the <a href="/facts/German_Empire/lwQutJyN">German Empire</a>. The <a href="/facts/Auxiliary_Services_Act_(1916)/7Vr4w3Cn">Auxiliary Services Act</a> of 1916 required all men from 17 to 60 years of age who were not already in the armed forces or the war economy to render national service during the war. The Hindenburg Programme failed to reach its goals or change the course of the war. The labour provisions that were added to the Auxiliary Services Act to get it through the <a href="/facts/Reichstag_(German_Empire)/gGIkALl6">Reichstag</a> granted important concessions to workers.

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Hindenburg Programme