Erich Ludendorff

General Erich Ludendorff was a general in the German Empire's army in WW1 and the secondary antagonist of the 2017 DC Extended Universe film Wonder Woman.

He is portrayed by Danny Huston, who played William Stryker in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

History
Ludendorff oversaw Doctor Poison as she tested her poison gas. They were interrupted when Captain Steve Trevors stole Poison's journal and escaped in one of their planes.

Hearing that the German High Command were planning an armistice, Ludendorff visited them and killed them with Poison's gas weapon. He tosses them a gas mask so that they will fight over it even though it won't work against the gas.

Ludendorff later hosted a ball right before the deployment of the gas. Diana and Steve Trevor both infiltrated the ball so that they could prevent him from deploying the gas. Diana attempted to kill him, but she was stopped by Trevor, as they needed him to provide the location of the gas.

Ludendorff oversaw his troops load a plane with his poison gas, intending to have it drop the gas on London. He was confronted by Diana and, after a brutal fight, he was impaled by the Amazon with her sword.

Trivia

 * The character of Ludendorff is not based on a Wonder Woman villain but on the real-life Erich Ludendorff, who was a German general. Ludendorff survived the war and became a prominent nationalist leader in Germany. After the war, Ludendorff developed the theory of "Total War" and was of the opinion that peace was merely an interval between wars. Ludendorf died in Nazi Germany on 20 December 1937.