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  1. Following his death from liver cancer in Munich in 1937, Ludendorff was given—against his explicit wishes—a state funeral organized and attended by Hitler.

  2. Between 1914 and his death in 1937, Erich Ludendorff was a war hero, a dictator, a right-wing activist, a failed putschist, a presidential candidate, a publisher, and a would-be prophet. He guided Germany’s effort in the Great War between 1916 and 1918 and then set the tone for a politics of victimhood and revenge in the postwar era.

  3. Erich Ludendorff (born April 9, 1865, Kruszewnia, near Poznań, Prussian Poland—died Dec. 20, 1937, Munich, Ger.) was a Prussian general who was mainly responsible for Germany’s military policy and strategy in the latter years of World War I.

  4. Oct 29, 2009 · Getty Images. Recognized as a strategic military mastermind, Erich Ludendorff was a prominent general and war hero who played a crucial role in shaping and overhauling Germany’s World War I...

  5. Died 20 December 1937 in Munich, Germany. Erich Ludendorff was the effective commander of the German armed forces during the war. He also became a quasi-dictatorial figure, the ruthless symbol of the army’s political power.

  6. Erich Ludendorff was the effective commander of the German armed forces during the war. He also became a quasi-dictatorial figure, the ruthless symbol of the army’s political power.

  7. Date of birth: April 9th, 1865 (Kruszewnia, Posen, German Empire) Date of death: December 20th, 1937 (München, Germany) Nationality: German. Biography. Do you have more information about this person? Inform us! Pour le Mérite. Period: Second World War (1939-1945) Rank: Generalmajor. Unit: Oberquartiermeister, 2. Armee. Awarded on: August 8th, 1914.

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