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Erich Ludendorff

Born April 9, 1865 · Kruszewnia, Kingdom of Prussia

Died December 20, 1937 · aged 72

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff 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. Upon his rise to First Quartermaster-general (German: Erster Generalquartiermeister) of the Imperial Army's Great General Staff in 1916, he became the chief policymaker in a de facto military dic…