Ludendorff

American

[lood-n-dawrf] / ˈlud nˌdɔrf /

noun

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm von 1865–1937, German general.

Ludendorff British

/ ˈluːdəndɔrf /

noun

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm von (ˈeːrɪç ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn). 1865–1937, German general, Hindenburg's aide in World War I

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In 1945, during World War II, U.S. forces crossed the Rhine at Remagen, Germany, using the damaged but still usable Ludendorff Bridge.

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2021

Ludendorff flirted with Nazism early on, but abandoned the party after the Beer Hall Putsch.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

They have abdicated responsibility for policy to our own homegrown equivalents of Haig, Foch, Petain, Hindenburg, and Ludendorff.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2018

By late September 1918 the German emperor and his military mastermind Erich Ludendorff admitted that there was no hope and Germany must beg for peace.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2014

General Erich Ludendorff believed that Germany could achieve victory on the Western Front by launching one final offensive.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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