Less than one year later he returned to Germany, where he propagated a revenge war against the victors of Word War I. On 9^th November 1923 he joined Adolf Hitler in the unsuccessful coupé d'etat in Munich. However in the following trial he was found not guilty.

In the next years Ludendorff was a strong supporter of the Nazis and became a member of the German Parliament (Reichstag) from 1924 to 1928.

In 1937he died with the Age of 72.

Figures

There exist two portrait figures made by Hausser and Lineol which represent General Erich von Ludendorff. Both show him in the uniform of the imperial German army.

List of References

• Who's Who in Nazi Germany,
  2^nd edition, Robert S. Wistrich, Routledge, New York, USA, 1995.
• Who's Who in World Politics, from 1860 to the present day, Alan Palmer, Routledge, New York, USA, 1996.
• Who's Who in Military History, from 1453 to the present day, John Keegan and Andrew Wheatcraft, Routledge, New York, USA, 1996.

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