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| 1865 | Birth |  |
| Posen Birth of Erich von Ludendorf |
| 1904 | Army Staff Officer | |
| Apointed German Army Staff-Officer |
| 1912 | Head of Mobilization Ludendorf | |
| Appointed head of the Mobilization Section, becoming Moltke's closest adviser |
| 1914 | Battle of Liege | |
| 7th Aug Liege Ludendorf commands the 14th Infantry Brigade in Liege & accepts its surrender |
| 16th Aug Liege The last of the forts surrounding Liege surrenders to Ludendorf's forces |
| 1914 | Battle of Tannenberg | |
| Tannenberg Ludendorf & Hindenberg outflank & defeat the Russian 2nd Army |
| Tannenberg The Russians lose 92,000 compared to 13,000 Germans |
| 1914 | Capture of Liege | |
| 7th Aug Liege Ludendorf commands the 14th Infantry Brigade in Liege & accepts its surrender |
| 1916 | Constitution | |
| Ludendorff and Hindenburg become the leaders of the military-industrial dictatorship Third Supreme Command |
| 1916 | Dismissal | |
| Aug Paul von Hindenburg replaces Erich von Falkenhayn as Chief of Staff of the German Army |
| 1916 | Peace | |
| Ludendorff supports unrestricted submarine warfare and successfully puts pressure on Kaiser Wilhelm II to dismiss those in the armed forces that favour a negotiated peace settlement |
| 1916 | Quartermaster General | |
| Hindenburg appoints Ludendorff as his Quartermaster General |
| 1916 | Submarine Warfare | |
| Ludendorff supports unrestricted submarine warfare and successfully puts pressure on Kaiser Wilhelm II to dismiss those in the armed forces that favour a negotiated peace settlement |
| 1916 | Third Supreme Command | |
| Ludendorff and Hindenburg become the leaders of the military-industrial dictatorship Third Supreme Command |
| 1917 | Battle of Cambrai | |
| 20th Nov Cambrai A surprise British tank attack |
| 3rd Dec Cambrai A German counter-offensive wipes out British gains |
| 1917 | Battle of Caporetto | |
| 24th Sep Caporetto 300,000 Italians are taken prisoner |
| 24th Sep Caporetto Bombards Caporetto & crosses the River Isonzo |
| 24th Sep River Isonzo Bombards Caporetto & crosses the River Isonzo |
| 24th Sep Caporetto Victory enables the German March offensive on the Western Front |
| 1917 | Constitution | |
| July Ludendorff becomes the dominant figure in the Third Supreme Command and after the resignation of Theobald Bethmann Hollweg takes political, military and economic control of Germany |
| 1917 | Council War | |
| 27th Dec Ludendorf's 2nd council of war |
| 1917 | Meeting GSC | |
| 11th Nov Convenes a General Staff Meeting to consider an offensive in the west |
| 1917 | Siege of River Isonzo | |
| 24th Sep River Isonzo Ludendorf crosses the River Isonzo |
| 1917 | Third Supreme Command | |
| July Ludendorff becomes the dominant figure in the Third Supreme Command and after the resignation of Theobald Bethmann Hollweg takes political, military and economic control of Germany |
| 1917 | Treaty of Brest Litovsk | |
| Brest Litovsk After the withdrawal of Russia from the war in Ludendorff is a key figure in the Brest-Litovsk negotiations |
| 1918 | Armistice | |
| After signing the Armistice, Ludendorff fled to Sweden where his books and article claim that the unbeaten German Army had been "stabbed in the back" by left-wing politicians in Germany |
| 1918 | Battle of Aisne, 3rd | |
| 1st May Aisne Ludendorf orders the Aisne attack to divert the French reserves so that the BEF can be struck again in Flanders |
| 27th May Aisne 1st day of 3rd Ludendorf offensive, battle of the Aisne |
| 4th June Aisne Final day of 3rd Ludendorf offensive, battle of the Aisne |
| 1918 | Battle of Bapaume | |
| 21st Aug Bapaume Directs the German forces during the Battle of Bapaume |
| 23rd Aug Bapaume The Allies drive the Germans back & capture the Arras -Bapaume Road |
| 1st Sep Bapaume The 2nd Australian Div captures Mont St Quentin & removes a central German strongpoint |
| 2nd Sep Bapaume The 2nd Australian Div captures Peronne |
| 1918 | Battle of Bellau Wood | |
| 6th June Bellau Wood Americans attack German positions |
| 12th June Bellau Wood The last German position is taken |
| 25th June Bellau Wood The German advance on Paris is turned back, Bellau Wood is secured by the Allies |
| 1918 | Battle of Chateau Thie | |
| June Chateau Thie The German advance on Paris is stopped |
| 1918 | Battle of Lys | |
| 9th April Lys 1st day of the battle of Lys, part of Operation Georgette |
| 29th April Lys Final day of the battle of Lys, part of Operation Georgette |
| 1918 | Battle of Marne, 2nd | |
| 15th July River Marne 1st day of 5th Ludendorf offensive, battle of the Marne |
| 15th July River Marne Final thrust of the Spring Offensive |
| 15th July River Marne Ludendorff throws 35 Divisions across the Marne to encircle Reims |
| 17th July River Marne Final day of 5th Ludendorf offensive, battle of the Marne |
| 18th July River Marne German forces sth of the River Marne are forced to rereat |
| 18th July River Marne The Allies counter-attack capturing 12,000 PoWs, 250 guns & 14 German divisions |
| 19th July Meteren The British 9th Division recaptures Meteren |
| 21st July River Marne The Germans retreat 5 miles as the French reach the Lassery-Chateau-Thierry Road |
| 22nd July Dormans Ludendorf orders the southern salient to be abandoned |
| 22nd July Dormans The Allies cross the Marne near Dormans |
| 23rd July Marfaux The British recapture Marfaux |
| 1918 | Battle of Matz | |
| 9th June Matz 1st day of 4th Ludendorf offensive, battle of Matz |
| 14th June Matz Final day of 4th Ludendorf offensive, battle of Matz |
| 1918 | Battle of Moreuil | |
| 23rd July Moreuil A French & British force advances 2 miles toward the Avre Valley |
| 1918 | Blucher Yorck | |
| 27th May Aisne 1st day of 3rd Ludendorf offensive, battle of the Aisne |
| 4th June Aisne Final day of 3rd Ludendorf offensive, battle of the Aisne |
| 1918 | Capture of Marfaux | |
| 23rd July Marfaux The British recapture Marfaux |
| 1918 | Capture of Meteren | |
| 19th July Meteren The British 9th Division recaptures Meteren |
| 1918 | Counter Attack | |
| Mar Paris Launches a German counter-attack to within 75 miles of Paris |
| June Noyon June-July, launches a counter-attack in the Noyon-Marne sector |
| 1918 | Crossing Aisne | |
| 27th May River Aisne 14 German divisions break through the Aisne advancing 10 miles |
| 1918 | Exile of Ludendorf | |
| After signing the Armistice, Ludendorff fled to Sweden where his books and article claim that the unbeaten German Army had been "stabbed in the back" by left-wing politicians in Germany |
| 1918 | Friedensturm | |
| 15th July River Marne Launched against USA& French divisions from east of the Reims to the Marne |
| 9th Nov River Meuse The Germans retreat across the Meuse |
| 1918 | Georgette | |
| 28th Mar Flanders Ludendorf orders operation Georgette in 10 days time |
| 9th April Lys 1st day of the battle of Lys, part of Operation Georgette |
| 29th April Lys Final day of the battle of Lys, part of Operation Georgette |
| 1918 | Gneisenau | |
| 9th June Matz 1st day of 4th Ludendorf offensive, battle of Matz |
| 14th June Matz Final day of 4th Ludendorf offensive, battle of Matz |
| 1918 | Invasion of France | |
| 27th May River Aisne 14 German divisions break through the Aisne advancing 10 miles |
| 1918 | Marne Reims | |
| 15th July 1st day of 5th Ludendorf offensive, battle of the Marne |
| 17th July Final day of 5th Ludendorf offensive, battle of the Marne |
| 1918 | Michael | |
| 21st Jan Ludendorf decides on a spring offensive |
| 1918 | Offensive | |
| With the Spring Offensive Ludendorff expects to breakthrough on the Western Front but this ends in failure & Ludendorff realises that Germany will lose the war |
| April Lys Aisne Launches a counter-attack in the Lys-Aisne sector, April-May |
| 18th July 1st day of the Allied "100 Days" offensives which lead to the Armistice |
| 11th Nov Final day of the Allied "100 Days" offensives which lead to the Armistice |
| 1918 | Rebellion | |
| 1st Oct Ludendorf tells his staff, "Our own Army is...heavily infected with the poison of Spartacist Socialist Ideas" |
| 1918 | Resignation | |
| Oct Baden's government is strong enough to force Ludendorff's resignation |
| 1918 | Siege of Amiens | |
| 30th Mar Amiens The German 18th Army heads towards Amiens |
| 5th April Amiens The German push for Amiens is halted |
| 1918 | Siege of Paris | |
| 16th May Paris The Germans reach Meuse at Chateau-Thierry within 40 miles of Paris |
| June Paris The German advance on Paris is stopped |
| 1918 | Siege of Reims | |
| 15th July Reims Ludendorff throws 35 Divisions across the Marne to encircle Reims |
| 1918 | Stab in the Back | |
| After signing the Armistice, Ludendorff fled to Sweden where his books and article claim that the unbeaten German Army had been "stabbed in the back" by left-wing politicians in Germany |
| 1918 | Surrender | |
| 29th Sep Advises the Kaiser that military victory is impossible |
| 1st Oct Ludendorf cables the government to transmit a peace offer wihout further delay |
| 1918 | Third Supreme Command | |
| 29th Sep The Third Supreme Command transfers power to Max von Baden and the Reichstag |
| 1920 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "My War Memories, 1914-1918" |
| 1923 | Arrest | |
| Berlin Arrested for his part in the Munich Beer Hall putsch |
| 1923 | Munich Beer Hall Putsch | |
| 9th Nov Munich Arrives in the Burgerbraukeller in support of the putsch to take control of the Army |
| 9th Nov Munich Proposes the march through Munich which gives the NAZI's their 1st martyrs, 14 killed |
| 1924 | Trial | |
| 1st April Munich Ludendorf is acquitted for his part played in the Munich Beer Hall putsch |
| 1925 | Election | |
| 29th Mar Persuaded by Hitler to stand as President, wins only 211,000 of 27,000,000 votes cast |
| 1937 | Death | |
| Death of Erich von Ludendorf |
