Yes. Ludendorff threw the responsibility for the armistice on the politicians. But Austria-Hungary and Turkey were collapsing even faster, and America was ship

Yes. Ludendorff threw the responsibility for the armistice on the politicians. But Austria-Hungary and Turkey were collapsing even faster, and America was shipping fresh divisions to Europe. By September 1918, Ludendorff said that the government would have to seek terms for peace. He held a somewhat higher position in the German Army than Hitler did.