Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener was a German general and politician. His organisational and logistical abilities resulted in a successful military career before and during World War I.
Groener in 1928
Groener as deputy war minister of Prussia in 1917 (with his first wife on the left)
Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a German general, politician and military theorist. He achieved fame during World War I for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914.
Ludendorff in 1915
Ludendorff at the age of 17 in 1882
Hindenburg (seated) and Ludendorff. Painting by Hugo Vogel
Ludendorff in his study at the General Headquarters, 1918