Original sentence: hitler is still alive
Edited sentence: Following the failures of the Spring Offensive to end the war, Erich Ludendorff, Chief Quartermaster-General and virtual military ruler of Germany, believed that an attack through Flanders would give Germany a decisive victory over the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), the most potent Allied force on the Western Front at that time.To shield his intentions and draw Allied troops away from Belgium, Ludendorff planned for a large diversionary attack along the Marne