According to Ludendorff, domestic protests by leftists were scheduled to coincide with the army's major offensive, thereby ending any hope Germany had of winning the war. Ludendorff became one of the early proponents of the German "stab in the back" theory to explain their loss in World War I. While he was in exile, he began articulating his political views and writing books and articles about Germany's political, military, and social situation. Ludendorff was promoted to Quartermaster general in 1916.īlamed by many for Germany's lost in World War I, Ludendorff went into exile until early 1919. He led a commando style raid of Liege, Belgium, which helped the Allies to take the city and the surrounding area.Īs a result of Liege, Ludendorff was promoted to General Paul von Hindenburg's chief of staff on the Eastern Front.ĭespite being heavily outnumbered by the Russians, Ludendorff and Hindenburg defeated the Russians at the Battle of Tannenberg and then drove them from Prussia at the Battle of the Masurian Lakes. Ludendorff's first taste of action was also one of his most successful. Ludendorff was described by those who knew him as a workaholic with few friends or hobbies. He was a precocious youth who entered the Prussian Army as a junior officer at the age of twenty. Ludendorff was born Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff on Apin Posen, Prussia (now Poland) to August and Klara Ludendorff. Although he shared many of Adolf Hitler's views and the political podium with him more than once, Ludendorff was no friend of Germany's future dictator. After the war, Ludendorff entered the public sphere by becoming a leading figure in German far-right politics, writing several books and taking part in many protests. Although he led the army successfully in the early stages of the war, his failure in the Spring Offensive of 1918 cost him his position. Erich Ludendorff was a Prussian born German military general who led the German Army throughout most of World War I.
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