Ludendorff

[ lood-n-dawrf ]

noun

1. E·rich Frie·drich Wil·helm von [ey, -, r, i, kh, , free, -d, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm f, uh, n], 1865–1937, German general.

Ludendorff

/ ˈluːdəndɔrf /

noun

1. LudendorffErich Friedrich Wilhelm von18651937MGermanMILITARY: general Erich Friedrich Wilhelm von (ˈeːrɪç ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn). 1865–1937, German general, Hindenburg's aide in World War I

Example Sentences

On September 28, General Ludendorff informed Kaiser Wilhelm that there was now no prospect of winning the war.

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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.”

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To avert a catastrophe, Ludendorff told the kaiser, Germany must seek an immediate armistice.

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Ludendorff launched his offensive on the morning of March 21, 1918, against British troops occupying the old Somme battlefield of 1916.

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After two weeks, Ludendorff called off the Somme offensive and shifted to the north, striking near the ruins of Ypres.

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