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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 22:26, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
... that in September 1916 the Central Powers brought their armies under a supreme headquarters, more than 18 months before the Allies did? Source: "the Supreme War Command (Oberste Kriegsleitung) was created and exercised by Hindenburg in the name of the Emperor; the benefits of this system were therefor employed by the Central Powers for eighteen months before the Allies could be persuaded to adopt it." from: >Wheeler-Bennett, Sir John (1 April 1967). Hindenburg: The Wooden Titan. Springer. p. 82. ISBN978-1-349-15236-0.
ALT1: ... that the creation of the Supreme War Command in 1916 placed the armies of the Central Powers, six million men, under the effective command of Paul von Hindenburg? Source: "Hindenburg was elevated to Chief of the General Staff of the Army, and soon also vested with increased power as he exercised the Supreme War Command for the Central Powers in the name of the Kaiser ... diposing of 6 million men at arms, Germans, Austro-Hungarians, Turks and Bulgarians" from: Liulevicius, Vejas Gabriel (18 May 2000). War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I. Cambridge University Press. p. 176. ISBN978-1-139-42664-0.