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'''Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff''' (April 9th, 1865 – December 20th, 1937) was a German general, the victor of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Li%C3%A8ge Battle of Liège] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tannenberg Battle of Tannenberg]. From August 1916, his appointment as Quartermaster ~~general~~ made him the leader (along with Paul von Hindenburg) of the German war efforts during [[World War I]]. The failure of Germany's great Spring Offensive in 1918 in quest of total victory was his great strategic failure and he was forced out in October 1918.

'''Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff''' (April 9th, 1865 – December 20th, 1937) was a German general, the victor of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Li%C3%A8ge Battle of Liège] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tannenberg Battle of Tannenberg]. From August 1916, his appointment as Quartermaster General made him the leader (along with Paul von Hindenburg) of the German war efforts during [[World War I]]. The failure of Germany's great Spring Offensive in 1918 in quest of total victory was his great strategic failure and he was forced out in October 1918.

After the war, Ludendorff became a prominent nationalist leader, and a promoter of the Stab-in-the-back myth, which posited that the German loss in World War I was caused by the betrayal of the German Army by Marxists, Bolsheviks, and Jews who were furthermore responsible for the disadvantageous settlement negotiated for Germany in the Treaty of Versailles. He took part in the failed [[Kapp Putsch]] (coup d’état) with [[Wolfgang Kapp]] in 1920 and the [[Beer Hall Putsch]] instigated by [[Adolf Hitler]] and his [[Nazi Party]] in 1923. He would go on to become an early chief adviser to Hitler and a key figure in the early Nazi Party.

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-'''Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff''' (April 9<sup>th</sup>, 1865 – December 20<sup>th</sup>, 1937) was a German general, the victor of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Li%C3%A8ge Battle of Liège] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tannenberg Battle of Tannenberg]. From August 1916, his appointment as Quartermaster general made him the leader (along with Paul von Hindenburg) of the German war efforts during [[World War I]]. The failure of Germany's great Spring Offensive in 1918 in quest of total victory was his great strategic failure and he was forced out in October 1918.
+'''Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff''' (April 9<sup>th</sup>, 1865 – December 20<sup>th</sup>, 1937) was a German general, the victor of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Li%C3%A8ge Battle of Liège] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tannenberg Battle of Tannenberg]. From August 1916, his appointment as Quartermaster General made him the leader (along with Paul von Hindenburg) of the German war efforts during [[World War I]]. The failure of Germany's great Spring Offensive in 1918 in quest of total victory was his great strategic failure and he was forced out in October 1918.
 After the war, Ludendorff became a prominent nationalist leader, and a promoter of the Stab-in-the-back myth, which posited that the German loss in World War I was caused by the betrayal of the German Army by Marxists, Bolsheviks, and Jews who were furthermore responsible for the disadvantageous settlement negotiated for Germany in the Treaty of Versailles. He took part in the failed [[Kapp Putsch]] (coup d’état) with [[Wolfgang Kapp]] in 1920 and the [[Beer Hall Putsch]] instigated by [[Adolf Hitler]] and his [[Nazi Party]] in 1923. He would go on to become an early chief adviser to Hitler and a key figure in the early Nazi Party.