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Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German general, politician and military theorist. He achieved fame during World War I for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914.
Erich Ludendorff, (born April 9, 1865, Kruszewnia, near Poznań, Prussian Poland—died Dec. 20, 1937, Munich, Ger.), Prussian general who was mainly responsible for Germany ’s military policy and strategy in the latter years of World War I.
General Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937) was a top German military commander in the latter stages of World War I. Educated in the cadet corps, Ludendorff was named chief of staff to the Eighth Army...
Erich Ludendorff was a German general who gained renown during the First World War, primarily for his efforts on the eastern front. He and future German President Paul von Hindenburg built a military empire in the east that lasted until the Germany’s defeat in 1918.
Erich Ludendorff, (born April 9, 1865, Kruszewnia, near Poznań, Prussian Poland—died Dec. 20, 1937, Munich, Ger.), German general. In 1908 he joined the German army general staff and worked under Helmuth von Moltke in revising the Schlieffen Plan.
LUDENDORFF, ERICH (1865–1937) German general and politician. Erich Ludendorff never seemed comfortably integrated into any of the three German regimes his career in one way or another did so much to shape—the late Kaiserreich, the Weimar Republic, and the Nazi Third Reich. The problem seems not to have been lack of opportunity.
Education and the beginning of military career . Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was born April 9, 1865 in the village of Krushevnya, located near the city of Poznan in the territory of the former Prussia. Caring for the future of his son, his father sent him to study in Berlin at the highest cadet school, and then to the Military Academy.
Erich Ludendorff was commissioned into the army in 1885. Owing to his remarkable qualities, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant after a few years. He was eventually appointed to the General Staff. From 1904 to 1913, he directed the Second of Mobilization Section. By 1911, he had been promoted to the rank of Colonel.