General Ludendorff

XXI

Ludendorff is implied as part of the German General Staff concerned with declining infantry morale.

Part VII: The Fields of Armageddon

Ludendorff is referenced for his reckoning of British losses at three to one, and as a symbol of the German High Command's calculations.

I

Cited for his memoirs and his cold-blooded gamble with millions of lives; his miscalculations are a central focus.

The Devastated Region

Ludendorff is quoted justifying the retreat and destruction as a brilliant military performance; the narrator contrasts this with the human suffering.

The Devastated Region

The narrator notes that Ludendorff's memoirs omit the human cost and the suffering of innocents.

IV

Quoted admitting the staggering moral effect and heavy cost of the British mine explosions.

V

Quoted describing the German agony and the 'terrific' battles, acknowledging enormous losses and the demoralization of German units.

The German Offensive of 1918

Plays his trump cards on March 21st, launching the great German offensive.

IX

Quoted on the broken morale of German troops and the 'black day' of August 8th.

After the Armistice: Occupation and Reflection

Ludendorff is noted as not starving or dying while German children starved.

I

Mentioned alongside Hindenburg as a figure of German military authority.

III

Listed among the war lords who were less punished than the innocent in the peace treaty.

VI

Ludendorff is noted for confessing that German soldiers were 'infected' with Bolshevism.