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Erich Ludendorff

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (sometimes given as von Ludendorff) (April 9, 1865 – December 20, 1937) was a German Army officer, Generalquartiermeister during World War I, victor of Liège, and, with Paul von Hindenburg, one of the victors of the battle of Tannenberg.

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
AllegianceGerman Empire
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1883-1918
RankGeneralquartiermeister
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsPour le Mérite

After the war, he briefly supported Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. He was not found guilty for his role in the Nazis' unsuccessful Beer Hall Putsch. He became disillusioned with politics and retired from public life that year.

Erich Ludendorff Media

  • Ludendorff at the age of 17 in 1882

  • Hindenburg (seated) and Ludendorff. Painting by Hugo Vogel

  • Ludendorff in his study at the General Headquarters, 1918

  • Hindenburg and Ludendorff (pointing), 1917

  • Hindenburg, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Ludendorff, January 1917

  • Hindenburg and Ludendorff in 1918

  • Ludendorff (center) with Hitler and other early Nazi leaders and prominent radical German nationalists, April 1924

  • Grabmal von General Erich Ludendorff in Tutzing

  • Erich Ludendorff – Meine Kriegserinnerungen – Ernst Mittler und Sohn – Berlin 1919

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