The Kreuznach Conference refers to a series of conferences held in 1917 in Bad Kreuznach, then the headquarters of the Oberste Heeresleitung (OHL), the German Supreme Army Command.
The first Kreuznach Conference, held on 23 April 1917, brought together the political and military leaders of the Reich to define the war aims of the Reich, which was then occupying a significant portion of Europe. [1]
The second conference, held on 17-18 May 1917, was a meeting between the German Emperor, Wilhelm II, and the Austrian Emperor, King of Hungary Charles. This was the first meeting between the two leaders since the enthronement of the Austro-Hungarian monarch on 22 November 1916. The objective of this conference was to establish a unified framework for the Central Powers' policy. [2]
The third conference, held on 9 August 1917, had the objective of defining German policy towards the dual monarchy in the wake of the publication of the Papal Note of 1 August. The fourth conference, convened on 7 October 1917, sought to define a new program of war aims. The final conference, held on 19 December 1917, focused on redefining the Reich's Eastern policy.