Ep 44: Jay Lockenour on Erich Ludendorff
Jay Lockenour, associate professor of history at Temple University and author of Dragonslayer: The Legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich, joins the show to talk about the life of the infamous German general and politician.
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Show Notes
Ep 44: Jay Lockenour on Erich Ludendorff
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Jay Lockenour, associate professor of history at Temple University and author of Dragonslayer: The Legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich, joins the show to talk about the life of the infamous German general and politician.
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Times
• 01:30 Introduction
• 02:00 Ludendorff’s Significance
• 03:08 Ludendorff’s Early Life
• 05:02 Not Quite A Matinee Idol
• 07:13 The German General Staff
• 11:43 A General Without Portfolio
• 17:50 The War And The Myth
• 22:23 For The Record - The German Military Lost
• 26:12 The Early 1920’s
• 29:49 Erich And Adolf
• 34:10 Ludendorff And The Right
• 37:00 The Holocaust And Ludendorff