WWI - Supreme Army Command 1918 (b/w photo)

Assembly of the Surpreme Army Command (OHL) at Schloss Wilhelmsh¨he in Kassel, Germany, in November 1918. The Gro§e Hauptquartier (Supreme Army Command Headquarters) had been moved from Spa in Belgium to Kassel-Wilhelmsh¨he shortly before. In the first row: Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm Faupel (2-l), Colonel Albrecht von Thaer (3-l), Major General Hahndorff (4-l), Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg (m), First General Staff Officer Wilhelm Groener (4-r), Colonel Heune (3-r), Colonel von Tischowitz (2-r), Major Alfred von Vollard-Bockelberg (r). Second row: Major Franz von Papen (to the right behind von Thaer), Major Freiherr von dem Bussche (behind Hahndorff), Lieutenant Colonel Otto von St¾lpnagel (to the left behind Hindeburg), Major Ludwiger (to the left behind Groener), Lieutenant Colonel Erich von Oldershausen (between Groener and Heune), Major Kretschmann (to the left behind Tischowitz), Captain Graf von Finckenstein (to the right behind Tischowitz). Upper row: Major Kurt von Schleicher (r), Captain von Ploetz (3-r), Captain Maximilian von Poseck (5-r).