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Erzberger helped to bring about the fall of Bethmann-Hollweg in the summer of 1917, hoping to have him replaced with Bülow. Instead, Georg Michaelis, the nominee of Erich Ludendorff, whose position in the Oberste Heeresleitung (High Command) made him virtually a dictator, became chancellor.