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Biography
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 dictatorship that dominated Germany for the rest of the war. After Germany's defeat, he contributed significantly to the Nazis' rise to power.
Awards & recognition
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty · 1918
- honorary citizen of Düsseldorf · 1917
- Blood Order
- Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
- Large Military Merit Medal
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- Military Merit Cross
- Military Merit Cross I. Class
- Military Order of Max Joseph
- Pour le Mérite
- Sachsen-Meiningen Cross — Merit in War
