Kurt von Rudersdorf

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Lieutenant General
 Major General
 Brigadier General
 Tesshō Genda (Japanese)
 Greg Dulcie (English)

**Kurt von Rudersdorf** a.k.a. Rudelsdorf is a staff officer in the Empire's army, serving as the Deputy Chief of Operations.

## Appearance

He has dark grayish hair and a moustache. He wears his officer uniform during meetings and he is always seen smoking a cigar.

## Personality

He is a clever and energetic resolute. He is also a critical thinker and always considers the possibilities in his surroundings. He always acts calm and disciplined in general assembly and official meetings, while having the courage to take high risks at the same time.

## Plot

He first showed up as a talented staff officer attending a military conference. Here, Zettour and he lodged a strong objection against launching a major offensive against Legadonia. Unfortunately, they failed.

After the Republican Army invaded the Empire, many of the staff officers within the General Staff who supported the plan to launch the attack were replaced and demoted. Rudersdorf was assigned to be the Deputy Chief of Operations. One day, he received the thesis named "The form of the current war and prediction on its development" from Zettour and gave it to Rerugen after reading it.

During the war against the Principality of Dacia, he put the power of maneuver warfare on full display, actively demonstrating his skills through coordinating the battle. Due to this achievement, he was promoted to Major General. On October 23, 1924, he had dinner with Zettour in the Imperial General Staff (Army) First Dining Hall. Here, Zettour suggested that they attack Osfjord and Rudersdorf gave him his consent to utilize the 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion in the Northern Front.

On November 16, he attended the conference of the Northern Front, discussing the next step of the Northern Army Group. He drafted an airborne and amphibious operation plan and reached a consensus of a winter offensive with the Northern Front. The invasion of Osfjord was planned by him and achieved great success on December 1.

On April 28, 1925, in the Joint Meeting of the Service Corps and Operations, he supported Zettour's suggestion and showed his astonishing operation plan to the General Staff. On May 4, he proposed an operation plan to the General Staff to promptly resolve the rebellion in Arene. On May 25, the first phase of Operation Revolving Door was executed. On June 18, his plan to capture the Republic capital came in handy.

On August 24, he was shown having dinner with Zettour in the First Dining Hall. They congratulated each other on their promotion to Lieutenant General and discussed the situation and dilemma the Empire had to deal with.

On March 25, 1926, in the General Staff Office War Room, he and Zettour discussed the defense and counterattack plan against the invading Federation Army. They reached a consensus to deal with the northern part of the Eastern Front and leave alone the southern one temporarily.

***Events after Volume 10 in spoilers below.***

As the General went on board in the military plane, General Kurt said his final regards to them. With his strong determination, Tanya obediently obliged on his 'last' command without a question. Her team followed the plane and escorted it with their limited numbers.
Meanwhile, his enemies intercepted that the General was on a plane. His destination was the eastern frontline. Unbeknownst to them, the General was already aware that the enemies won't let him land on the east alive.
The plan didn't go to their flow from the beginning, however. Tanya ended up to protect the plane he was in against the Commonwealth's elite tactic units, whose mission was to eliminate the general after they learned of his departure to assist the Eastern Europe division.
Unfortunately, General Kurt met his final end. His plane exploded and crashed on the ground. The Entente Alliance was overwhelmed in joy and celebrated his death triumphantly. They firmly believed the Empire was done for and his death would cause an internal conflict within their nation. However, it released an opposite effect on the Empire. His death unified the General Zettour and the Imperial government as one. In order to honor him, the Imperial government and the military pledged to help each other to revenge him.

## Trivia

* His name is a reference to  Erich von Ludendorff , a notable known German general during World War I, responsible for several victories in the eastern front and the adoption of deep defense doctrine. However, his character seems to be a mixture between Ludendorff and Hindenburg.
* He has been criticized as being ‘quick witted and full of drive, but with a tendency to be delusional’ by the judge of Imperial War College Selection Review Conference.
* His design in the anime is very similar in appearance to Paul von Hindenburg

## Reference

1. ↑ LN: The Finest Hour - Chapter V Internal affairs
2. ↑  LN: Plus Ultra - Chapter I The Dacian War; Anime: Episode 6 Beginning of Madness
3. ↑  LN: Deus lo vult - Chapter I The Sky In Norden; Anime: Episode 1 The Devil of the Rhine
4. ↑ Deus lo vult - Chapter I The Sky In Norden
5. ↑ Plus Ultra - Chapter V The Rhine's demon
6. ↑ Plus Ultra - Chapter VI Ordeal of fire
7. ↑ The finest hour - Chapter V Internal affairs
8. ↑  LN: Alea iacta ests Chapter 5 Stage
9. ↑  LN: Alea iacta ests Chapter 6 Impact