Today, 88 years ago, on 20 December 1937 (National Calendar 18 November 1937), the famous German General Erich Rudendorf died. Erich Rudendorf (Erich Ludendorff, 9 April 1865 ¨C 20 December 1937), was a famous German general. He was a major general during the First World War. Rudendorff was born in a small town near Prussia's province of Potsdam (now Poland's Potsdam). He was born a peasant, although his mother belonged to the aristocratic class, strictly speaking he did not belong to the Chancellor class. He entered the army's youth school at the age of 12. He possessed excellent mathematical skills and good ethics, and later entered an important school with Heinz Guterres, who studied with him. In 1882, when