- Septemberprogramm
The "September programm" was a plan outlined by German Chancellor
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg on9 September 1914 , five weeks into the First World War. It detailed Germany's specific war aims, and the conditions that Germany sought to force upon the Allied Powers.At the time, the Allies were being pushed back on all fronts, having been defeated in the
Battle of the Frontiers on the Western Front and the Battle of Tannenberg in the East. Consequently, the German leadership expected imminent victory, and the territorial and economic demands made in the "Septemberprogramm" indicate this. However, as he was making his announcement, theFirst Battle of the Marne was hanging in the balance; ultimately,France and theUnited Kingdom would halt the German advance at the Marne, and turn the tide of the war, preventing Bethmann-Hollweg's plans from coming to fruition.External links
* [http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/dokumente/hollweg/ Full text of the Septemberprogramm] . 9 September 1914. Retrieved on
2006-07-27 .
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