Ludwig Beck
Military Person
1880 – 1944
Who was Ludwig Beck?
Ludwig August Theodor Beck was a German general and Chief of the German General Staff during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany before World War II. Ludwig Beck was never a member of the Nazi Party, though in the early 1930s he supported Adolf Hitler's forceful denunciation of the Versailles Treaty and belief in the need for Germany to rearm. Beck had grave misgivings regarding the Nazi demand that all German officers swear an oath of fealty to the person of Hitler in 1934, though he believed that Germany needed strong government and that Hitler could successfully provide this so long as he was influenced by traditional elements within the military rather than the SA and SS.
In serving as Chief of Staff of the German Army between 1935 and 1938, Beck became increasingly disillusioned in this respect, standing in opposition to the increasing authoritarianism of the Nazi regime and Hitler's aggressive foreign policy. It was due to public foreign policy disagreements with Hitler that Beck resigned as Chief of Staff in August 1938.
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- Born
- Jun 29, 1880
Biebrich - Also known as
- Бек, Людвиг
- 路德维希·贝克
- Nationality
- Germany
- Nazi Germany
- German Empire
- Weimar Republic
- Died
- Jul 21, 1944
Berlin
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on July 23, 2013
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