Events in the year 1917 in Germany. Kaiser – Wilhelm II Chancellor – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg to 13 July, then Georg Michaelis to 31 October, then...

April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on the German Empire (but, for the moment, not against Germany's allies) in a speech...

severs diplomatic relations with Germany. February 12: Club Deportivo Toluca F.C. was founded on February 12, 1917 in the house of the Ferrat-Solá family...

U-103 was built by AG Weser in Bremen, launched on 9 June 1917 and commissioned 15 July 1917. She completed five tours of duty under Kptlt. Claus Rücker...

communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military contract between the German Empire and Mexico if the United...

The Turnip Winter (German: Steckrübenwinter) of 1916 to 1917 was a period of profound civilian hardship in Germany during World War I. For the duration...

Revolution in early 1917, in the midst of World War I. With the German Empire dealing major defeats on the war front, and increasing logistical problems in the...

voyages as an unarmed merchantman, she was taken over by the German Imperial Navy on 19 February 1917 and converted into U-155, armed with six torpedo tubes...

(Siegfriedstellung, Siegfried Position) was a German defensive position built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western Front in France during the First World War...

6 April 1917, aerial reconnaissance has observed that the Imperial German Army, which has pulled back from a sector of the Western Front in northern...

fought by the Allies against the German Empire. The battle took place on the Western Front, from July to November 1917, for control of the ridges south...

of Romanian wheat bound for Germany, which in turn threatened military retaliation. Also, during the winter of 1916 to 1917, there was a failure of the...

Turks in Germany, also referred to as German Turks and Turkish Germans (German: Türken in Deutschland/Deutschtürken; Turkish: Almanya'daki Türkler), are...

Front during the First World War. From 9 April to 16 May 1917, British troops attacked German defences near the French city of Arras on the Western Front...

1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the...

retirement took place between 9 February and 20 March 1917, after months of preparation. The German retreat shortened the Western front by 25 mi (40 km)...

the Fleet, primarily in the anti-submarine war. The United States declared war on Germany in April 1917 on the grounds that Germany violated US neutrality...

expelled in 1916 and 1917, leading to the formation of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD). The SPD played a key role in the German Revolution...

Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then...

The Revolutions of 1917–1923 were a revolutionary wave that included political unrest and armed revolts around the world inspired by the success of the...

organization was established in 1917 as the result of a split of anti-war members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), from the left of the...

played in 1917 in Germany. Karl Schelenz modified the rules in 1919. The first international games were played (under these rules) with men in 1925 (between...

President Woodrow Wilson's attention shortly after the break in relations with Germany in February 1917. The Act itself was drafted by then-Captain (later Brigadier...

demography of Germany is monitored by the Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office of Germany). According to the most recent data, Germany's population...

Kraetke 1901–1917 Otto Rüdlin 1917–1918 Postal flag (1892-1918) Postal flag (1921-1933) Postal flag (1933-1935) Postal flag Germany Postal flag East Germany...

The concept of Germany as a distinct region in Central Europe can be traced to Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as...

position of which changed little except during early 1917 and again in 1918. Between 1915 and 1917 there were several offensives along this front. The...

The 1917 French Army mutinies took place amongst French Army troops on the Western Front in northern France during World War I. They started just after...

in early 1917 contributed to bringing the United States into the war. In October 1918, after the failed Spring Offensive, the German armies were in retreat...

Union (CSU) and Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Germany also has a number of other parties, in recent history most importantly the Free Democratic...