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Paul von Hindenburg (l.) and Erich Ludendorff, September 1916 The Hindenburg Programme of August 1916 is the name given to the armaments and economic policy begun in late 1916 by the Third Oberste Heeresleitung ( OHL , the German General Staff), Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and General Erich Ludendorff. The two were appointed after the sacking of General Erich von Falkenhayn on 28 August 1916 and intended to double German industrial production, greatly to increase the output of munitions and weapons. Contents 1 Background 1.1 Third OHL 2 Prelude 2.1 Cambrai conference 3 Hindenburg Programme 3.1 Bureaucracy 3.2 Army 3.3 Ammunition 3.4 Explosives 3.5 War economy 3.6 Forced labour 4 Aftermath 4.1 Analysis 5 See also 6 Notes 7 Footnotes 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links Background Third OHL On 29 August 1916, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and General Erich Ludendorff were appointed to the Oberste Heeresleitung ( OHL , German General Staff) of t...

Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and president of Germany This article is about the German president. For other uses, see Hindenburg. Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg President of the German Reich In office 12 May 1925 – 2 August 1934 Chancellor Hans Luther Wilhelm Marx Hermann Müller Heinrich Brüning Franz von Papen Kurt von Schleicher Adolf Hitler Preceded by Friedrich Ebert Succeeded by Adolf Hitler (as Führer) Chief of the German General Staff In office 29 August 1916 – 3 July 1919 Monarch Wilhelm II President Friedrich Ebert Preceded by Erich von Falkenhayn Succeeded by Wilhelm Groener Personal details Born Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg ( 1847-10-02 ) 2 October 1847 Posen, Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (now Poznań, Poland) Died 2 August 1934 (1934-08-02) (aged 86) Neudeck, East Prussia, Nazi Germany (now Ogrodzieniec, Poland) Political party Independent (of conservatism) Spouse(s) Gertrud von Hindenburg Children Oskar von Hindenburg Ir...