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Erich Ludendorff

1865 - 1937

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Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːdn̩dɔʁf] ; 9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German general and politician. He achieved fame during World War I (1914–1918) for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914. After his appointment as First Quartermaster General of the German General Staff in 1916, Ludendorff became Germany's chief policymaker in a de facto military dictatorship until the country's defeat in 1918. Later during the years of the Weimar Republic, he took part in the failed 1920 Kapp Putsch and Adolf Hitler's 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, thereby contributing significantly to the Nazis' rise to power. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Ludendorff is the 62nd most popular military personnel (down from 53rd in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Poland (down from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Polish Military Personnel.

Erich Ludendorff was a German general during World War I. He was in charge of the German armies on the Western Front. He is most famous for his role in the German defeat in 1918.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erich Ludendorff ranks 62 out of 2,058. Before him are Gerd von Rundstedt, Tughril, Otto Skorzeny, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Mikhail Kutuzov, and Baron Munchausen. After him are Roland, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Fedor von Bock, Ubba, Ernst Röhm, and Eugène de Beauharnais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Erich Ludendorff ranks 5. Before him are George V, Jean Sibelius, Pieter Zeeman, and Rudyard Kipling. After him are Archduke Otto of Austria, Ferdinand I of Romania, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Arthur Harden, Warren G. Harding, W. B. Yeats, and Carl Nielsen. Among people deceased in 1937, Erich Ludendorff ranks 10. Before him are Pierre de Coubertin, John D. Rockefeller, Alfred Adler, Antonio Gramsci, H. P. Lovecraft, and Amelia Earhart. After him are Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Lou Andreas-Salomé, George Gershwin, Gustaf Dalén, Jagadish Chandra Bose, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Erich Ludendorff ranks 26 out of 1,694. Before him are Adam Mickiewicz (1798), Eric of Pomerania (1381), Otto Stern (1888), Wernher von Braun (1912), Janusz Korczak (1878), and Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902). After him are Marie Leszczyńska (1703), Fedor von Bock (1880), Władysław Szpilman (1911), Lech Kaczyński (1949), Tadeusz Reichstein (1897), and Manfred von Richthofen (1892).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Erich Ludendorff ranks 1. After him are Fedor von Bock (1880), Manfred von Richthofen (1892), Günther von Kluge (1882), Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916), Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), Werner von Blomberg (1878), Erwin von Witzleben (1881), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Anton Denikin (1872), Władysław Sikorski (1881), and Alfred von Tirpitz (1849).

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