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Ludendorff, with the Kaiser's blessing, helped Lenin and other 30 or so revolutionaries in exile return to Russia. Ludendorff agreed to send the Bolsheviks in Switzerland by train through Germany from where they would then travel to Russia via Sweden. [37]
Mar 14, 2018 · General Ludendorff, Kaiser Wilhelm’s top military official, wanted Russia out of the war badly, especially so he could move his armies to the Western front to fight the British, French, and Americans, the latter of whom, days earlier, had officially entered the conflict. Lenin was key to a takedown of Russia.
Apr 5, 2024 · 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.
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Mar 25, 2019 · In November 1917 at a conference at Mons, Ludendorff put forth his plan for Kaiserschlacht. It was given the code name Operation Michael–although many Germans simply called it “The Great Battle.” Ludendorff chose the area around Saint Quentin as the most promising site for an attack.
Ludendorff was deeply antisemitic, an early supporter of Hitler, and a high-profile supporter of the false “Stab-in-the-Back” theory. Ludendorff was an early supporter of the Nazi Party and participated directly in Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch.
Aug 22, 2016 · The feat won him the Pour le Mérite, Germany’s highest military award for bravery, presented to him by the Kaiser. Did he always find victory easy? Despite his strategic skill and bravery in war, one of Ludendorff’s greatest victories was also one of his most difficult to achieve.
