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The Non-Nazi Bastards Who Helped Hitler Rise To Power

Behind the Bastards

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What Makes You a Better Child Soldier at 11?

Ludendorf grew up never knowing anything but the military. He rose through the ranks and wound up working in the German general staff with a guy named Alfred von Schlieffen. When he would get vacation time rather than using it as a human being, he would just scout out forts. Together they won Germany's most decisive victory of World War One at Tannenberg.

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