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Erich Ludendorff. April 9, 1865. Kruszewnia, Prussia. December 20, 1937. Munich, Germany. German general. B y August 1916 the German army was struggling to survive a war it thought it should be winning. The great assault on the French fortresses at Verdun—which German general Erich von Falkenhayn (1861–1922) thought would "bleed France ...
May 29, 2018 · Ludendorff was born on April 9, 1865, in the town of Kruszewnia, near Posen, Prussia. Like most of the border towns split between Polish and German ethnicity, Kruszewnia was a hotbed of Prusso-German nationalism. His parents were middle-class but strongly nationalist.
Nov 28, 2012 · Ludendorff, Erich, 1865-1937. Publication date 1919 Topics World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918 Publisher London Hutchinson Collection robarts; toronto Contributor
Apr 11, 2017 · As Hindenburg and Ludendorff took charge of Germany’s war effort in August 1916, they faced an alarming military situation. Disturbingly high casualties at the Somme (July-November 1916) and Verdun (February-December 1916) wrecked any plans for large-scale German offensives in either the West or the East.
May 7, 2024 · Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff ( April 9, 1865 – December 20, 1937) was a German general, the victor of the Battle of Liège and the Battle of Tannenberg. From August 1916, his appointment as Quartermaster general made him the leader (along with Paul von Hindenburg) of the German war efforts during World War I.
Jun 8, 2018 · Ludendorff, Erich (1865–1937) German general. He played a major part in revising the Schlieffen Plan before World War I. In 1914, Ludendorff masterminded the victory over the Russians at Tannenberg. In 1916, Ludendorff and Hindenburg gained supreme control of Germany 's war effort. In the 1920s he was a member of the Nazi Party.
Ludendorff the tactician worked at what is generally considered the tactical and operational levels of warfighting. A level that could be managed by a battlefield commander in one theatre and in pursuit of purely military objectives. Ludendorff the strategist operated at a much higher level of war. Here, the General was faced with balancing ...
