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29 mag 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.
26 mag 2024 · Erich Ludendorff, the mastermind behind the Kaiserschlacht, remains one of the most controversial and enigmatic figures of World War I. Undeniably a gifted strategist and organizer, he pushed for the Spring Offensives as Germany‘s best hope for victory.
1 giorno fa · Erich Ludendorff in 1918. His calculated shifting of responsibility for the war's loss from the army to the civilian government gave rise to the stab-in-the-back myth.
3 giorni fa · Background. Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff replaced Chief of the General Staff Erich von Falkenhayn on 19 August 1916, during "the most serious crisis of the war". [1] . On 2 September the new leadership ordered a strict defensive at Verdun and the dispatch of forces from there to reinforce the Somme and Romanian fronts.
25 mag 2024 · As Chief of the German General Staff from 1916-1919, Hindenburg oversaw the country‘s war effort alongside his deputy Erich Ludendorff. Though ultimately defeated, Hindenburg emerged from the war as a legendary figure, revered for his strategic acumen, iron will, and embodiment of martial virtues.
6 giorni fa · But the triumph of the Central Powers would prove to be short lived and the outcome of the war was decided in the west, where Ludendorff gambled on an all-or-nothing offensive against the Allies and, fatefully, lost.
4 giorni fa · Hindenburg and Ludendorff were left with no option but to cede power to a civilian ministry, leaving the Kaiser exposed as the only target for political dissent. Nevertheless, there were few, even amongst the supposedly Marxist Social Democrats, who seriously wanted an end to the monarchy.
