Key People of WW1 by Jayden Hernandez

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:14:24 UTC

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914) is best known for the way his life ended: he was assassinated in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo on June 28, 1914.

Gavrilo Princip

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:15:41 UTC

(1863-1914) Gavrilo Princip, was just the man to set the fire that would ignite the keg. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the inciting factor that instigated what was one of the 20th century's bloodiest wars.

Vladimir Lenin

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:15:57 UTC

The Russian statesman Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870‐1924) was the creator of the Bolshevik party, the Soviet state, and the Third International. He was a successful revolutionary leader and an important contributor

Kaiser Wilhelm II

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:16:24 UTC

King Wilhelm II (1859-1941) of Prussia ascended to the centuries-old Hohenzollern family throne as kaiser, or emperor, of Germany on June 15, 1888. Intent on combining the military virtues of his grandfather, Wilhelm 1

Tsar Nicholas II

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:18:03 UTC

(1868-1918) Was the Russian Emperor, Escorted by Russian cruisers and destroyers, the imperial yacht Standart brought Tsar Nicholas, the Tsarina Alexandra and their children to the Isle of Wight and a spectacular welcome by King Edward VII

Georges Clemenceau

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:18:23 UTC

The French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) was twice premier of France, in 1906-1909 and 1917-1919. He led France through the critical days of World War I and headed the French delegation to the Paris Peace...

King George V

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:18:43 UTC

George V (1865-1936) was king of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936. He maintained the monarchy as a stabilizing influence in a period of rapid international and domestic changes.

Winston Churchill

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:18:58 UTC

The American author Winston Churchill (1871-1947) was known during his lifetime for his historical and political novels. Born in St. Louis, Winston Churchill went to Smith Academy His role was the First Lord of the Admiralty

Woodrow Wilson

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:19:11 UTC

Wilson's presidency was dominated by World War I (1914-18), a fact that he himself found ironic given his preference for domestic affairs. Early on he stressed U.S. nonintervention and sought to mediate the conflict

John Joseph Pershing

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:19:26 UTC

1860–1948, American army officer and commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I, b. Linn co., Mo. After graduating (1886) from West Point he served as a cavalry officer in campaigns against the Native American chief Geronimo

Ferdinand Foch

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:19:46 UTC

In March 1918, General Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) of the French army, as shown at left in the picture, with Pershing, became the overall Allied commander on the western front, the battlefront in and around northeastern France. Here he arrives at the headquarters of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in Chaumont, France, on June 17, 1918, to discuss strategy with the commander of the American forces

Douglas Haig

2008352_1 — 2025-01-13 16:20:05 UTC

1st Earl Haig (1861-1928), commanded British forces on the Western front in Europe during World War I. He is credited with the final British victories over the German armies in 1918.