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Jul 27, 2021 · 27 Jul 2021 German General Headquarters, General Paul von Hindenburg, Kaiser Wilhelm II, General Erich Ludendorff. The First World War is known for its harsh warfare and abysmal conditions – battles such as the Somme live long in the memory of history thanks to the destruction and death that ensued.
Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (German pronunciation: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːdn̩dɔʁf] ⓘ; 9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German military officer and politician who contributed significantly to the Nazis' rise to power.
A relentlessly driven officer who rose to General within the Imperial German Army, despite lacking an aristocratic background, Ludendorff helped plan and execute the signal early German victories of the First World War at Liege and Tannenberg in 1914.
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2021. Published by: Cornell University Press. Series: Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History. View. Buy This Book in Print. summary. In this fascinating biography of the infamous ideologue Erich Ludendorff, Jay Lockenour complicates the classic depiction of this German World War I hero.
Jun 13, 2022 · Dragonslayer: The Legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich By Jay Lockenour. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2021. Pp. xiv + 292.
Erich Ludendorff © A talented military strategist, Ludendorff's early success in World War One were obscured by Germany's defeat and his pro-Nazi political activities in the post-war period.
Apr 15, 2021 · Between 1914 and his death in 1937, he 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, importantly, set the tone for a politics of victimhood and revenge in the postwar era.
