World War I: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Ludendorff" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Erich Ludendorff">Erich Ludendorff</a>, quartermaster-general of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_German_Army" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial German Army">Imperial German Army</a>, is dismissed by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wilhelm II, German Emperor">Kaiser Wilhelm II</a> for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.