Hindenburg–Ludendorff command partnership

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The Hindenburg–Ludendorff command partnership was the influential World War I leadership duo of Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, who together directed major German military operations and strategy on the Eastern Front and later for the entire German war effort.

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instanceOf World War I military command structure ⓘ
military command partnership ⓘ
military leadership duo ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Treaty of Brest-Litovsk context ⓘ
collapse of the Eastern Front of the Russian Empire ⓘ
basedAt German Supreme Army Command headquarters ⓘ
characterizedAs military dictatorship by some historians ⓘ
commandedUnit German Eighth Army ⓘ
commandStructure Hindenburg as nominal superior ⓘ
Ludendorff as First Quartermaster-General and operational leader ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
field military history ⓘ
formedDuring World War I Eastern Front crisis of 1914 ⓘ
hasEffectOn civil–military relations in Imperial Germany ⓘ
myth of the “stab-in-the-back” in postwar Germany ⓘ
hasMember Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
historicalAssessment associated with Germany’s ultimate defeat in World War I ⓘ
credited with short-term operational successes ⓘ
criticized for strategic overreach ⓘ
ideology annexationist and expansionist war aims in the East ⓘ
implementedPolicy Hindenburg Programme of armaments expansion ⓘ
auxiliary service law for labor mobilization ⓘ
influenced German annexationist war aims ⓘ
German domestic politics during World War I ⓘ
German total war economic policies ⓘ
languageOfRecord German ⓘ
laterRole Third Supreme Command of the German Army ⓘ
notableCommander Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
notableFor victories in the Masurian Lakes battles ⓘ
victory at the Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
operatedInConflict World War I ⓘ
operatedOnFront Eastern Front ⓘ
oversaw German 1918 Spring Offensive in the West ⓘ
German Eastern Front campaigns against Russia ⓘ
precededBy command of Erich von Falkenhayn ⓘ
command of Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
role de facto supreme command of German war effort ⓘ
directing major German military operations ⓘ
shaping German military strategy ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
succeededBy Weimar Republic civilian government control of the military ⓘ
command of Wilhelm Groener ⓘ

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German Eighth Army under Paul von Hindenburg → associatedWith → Hindenburg–Ludendorff command partnership ⓘ
Hindenburg–Ludendorff command partnership → implementedPolicy → Hindenburg Programme of armaments expansion ⓘ
linked to: Hindenburg–Ludendorff command partnership