Operation AXIOM: Between the Wars
12 May 1925: Paul von Hindenburg was sworn in as President of Germany (
Reichspräsident), having won a plurality in the 26 April runoff over once-&-future-Chancellor Wilhelm Marx of the Centre Party (also backed by the Social Democrats) & Ernst Thälmann of the Communists; President Friedrich Ebert, a Social Democrat elected in 1919, died on 28 February, before his seven-year term's end.
Commentary: Some of the more moderate parties in Hindenburg's broad coalition of the right were concerned that electing the wartime general would worsen Germany's international standing, especially with the French & the British, but the international reaction was muted. The Hindenburg presidency would see the continued normalization of Germany's role on the international scene.
Lest we forget.
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