Berlin Conference (March 26-27, 1917)

Berlin Conference
(26–27 March 1917)

Entrance hall of the German Foreign Office.
Date	26–27 March 1917 (1917-03-26 – 1917-03-27)
Location	Berlin
Type	Strategy meeting
Participants	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg Arthur Zimmermann Ottokar Czernin Alexander Graf von Hoyos
Outcome	Definition of a new war aims program of the Central Powers.[Note 1]

The Berlin Conference of 26–27 March 1917 was the second governmental meeting between Arthur Zimmermann and Ottokar Czernin, the German and Austro-Hungarian foreign ministers, under the chairmanship of Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg. The meeting was intended to define the war aims of the Germany and the Austria-Hungary, and to prepare for the first official meeting between German Emperor Wilhelm II and the new Emperor-King Charles I.^{[Note 2]} At a time when changes in political personnel were taking place in Austria-Hungary, which was becoming increasingly exhausted by the protracted conflict, this meeting was the first sign of disagreement between the two allies over the conditions for ending the conflict.
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