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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Ludendorff

However unintentionally, Boot thereby recalls the infamous theory of warfare devised by German general Erich Ludendorff to break the deadlock on the Western Front in 1918: "Punch a hole and let the rest follow."

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023

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

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

The German army had been crippled by a sense of “looming defeat,” Ludendorff said, because of “the sheer number of Americans arriving daily at the front.”

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

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