Erich Ludendorff

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a German general politician and military theorist He achieved fame during World War I for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914 Upon his rise to First Quartermastergeneral German Erster Generalquartiermeister of the Imperial Armys Great General Staff in 1916 he became the chief policymaker in a de facto military dictatorship that dominated Germany for the rest of the war After Germanys defeat he contributed significantly to the Nazis rise to power