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Stab-in-the-Back

Germany · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1918

Erich von Ludendorf1918

Warfare / World War, 1st

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

Names involved

Erich von Ludendorf

Provenance

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