Ludendorff
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
In late September, the head of the German General Staff, Ludendorff, advised the Kaiser to sue for peace.
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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