The authors canvas the evolution of Prussian-German thought on war from Clausewitz through the duumvirate of Hindenburg and
Ludendorff. Given the importance of the historiographical debate on Schlieffen and the younger Moltke, they provide extensive coverage of the tenures of these two men at the helm of the General Staff.
General
Ludendorff would describe August 8 as the 'Black Day' of the German Army.
This was something which contrasted him sharply with the military generals running the German War machine, where Erich
Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenberg avoided wider engagement as both sought to dominate the war effort.
w 100 YEARS AGO (1918) The Supreme commander of the Imperial German Army, quartermaster-general Eric
Ludendorff, was dismissed for refusing to co-operate in peace negotiations with the Allies.
As early as September 29, the German general and strategist Erich
Ludendorff decided an end to hostilities must be sought.
He delivered such a hammer blow to the Kaiser that General Erich
Ludendorff referred to the raid as a "black day for the German Army".
Described by German General, Erich
Ludendorff as the black day of the German Army, Amiens started 8 August 1918 and lasted three days.
By the second day of the battle the Germans were resisting fiercely again, but the German commander, General
Ludendorff, called it "the black day of the German army".
Having defeated both General
Ludendorff and Ares, the God of War, what else is a wonder woman to do?
Also known as the
Ludendorff Offensive, it was a desperate last-ditch attempt to defeat the Allies before American troops and resources could be fully deployed.