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2 giorni fa · The Kaiserschlacht was masterminded by the formidable duo of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and General Erich Ludendorff. By 1918, these two men had achieved an unprecedented degree of power and influence, with some historians referring to them as the "silent dictatorship" over Germany.^[2]^ Both Hindenburg and Ludendorff staked their reputations, and Germany‘s fate, on the success of the ...
5 giorni fa · Il concetto di guerra totale era stato inizialmente promosso attraverso il pamphlet omonimo pubblicato nel 1935 da Erich Ludendorff, secondo il quale una guerra del futuro avrebbe potuto essere vinta solo sottomettendo tutti gli aspetti della vita alle esigenze belliche.
17 mag 2024 · Erich Ludendorff, c. 1930. The classic 20th-century work on total war was Erich Ludendorff ’s Der totale Krieg (1935; The “Total” War ), based on the author’s experience in directing Germany’s war effort in World War I. He envisaged total mobilization of manpower and resources for war.
2 giorni 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 . On 29 September 1918, the Supreme Army Command informed Emperor Wilhelm II and Chancellor Georg von Hertling that the military situation was hopeless in the face of ...
5 giorni fa · 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". 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.
1 mag 2024 · A key figure in the rising extremist right was Gen. Erich Ludendorff, who promoted the “stab-in-the-back” theory, claiming that it was the politicians, not military commanders like himself, who were responsible for Germany’s defeat. As early as 1919, Mr. Bell writes, “the Nazis’ power was already astounding.”
4 giorni fa · 15) as Hindenburg’s Quartermaster-General Erich Ludendorff sought to extend military control over every aspect of life through the Auxiliary Service Law which came into effect in December 1916.
