What is Erich Ludendorff?
{{Infobox Military Person |name=Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff |lived=April 9, 1865–December 20, 1937 |image=Erich Ludendorff.jpg |image_size=250px |alt=Erich Ludendorff |caption= |nickname= |placeofbirth= [[Kruszewnia]] near [[Poznań|Posen]], [[Province of Posen]] |placeofdeath= [[Tutzing]], [[Bavaria]] |allegiance= [[German Empire]] |branch= [[Army]] |serviceyears= 1883-1918 |rank= [[Generalquartiermeister]] |unit= |commands= |battles=[[World War I]] |awards=[[Pour le Mérite]] |relations= |laterwork= }} '''Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff''' (sometimes given as '''von Ludendorff''') (April 9, 1865 – December 20, 1937) was a [[German Empire|German]] Army [[officer]], ''Generalquartiermeister'' during [[World War I]], victor of [[Liège]], and, with [[Paul von Hindenburg]], one of the victors of the battle of [[Battle of Tannenberg (1914)|Tannenberg]]. 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. == Other websites == {{wikiquote-en}} * [http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/ludendorff.htm Erich Ludendorff] Firstworldwar.com Who's Who * [https://www.theatlantic.com/issues/17jun/mencken.htm Ludendorff by H. L. Mencken] published in the June 1917 edition of the ''Atlantic Monthly'' * [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWludendorff.htm Biography of Erich Ludendorff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060430082641/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWludendorff.htm |date=2006-04-30 }} From Spartacus Educational * [https://archive.org/details/MyWarMemories19481918 ''My War Memories'' by Erich Ludendorff at archive.org] * [https://archive.org/details/triumphoftheimmo029665mbp ''The Triumph Of The Immortal Will'' by Mathilde Ludendorff at archive.org] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ludendorff, Erich}} [[Category:1865 births]] [[Category:1937 deaths]] [[Category:German generals]] [[Category:German militar