Key people of WW1 by Easton H

Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:48:50 UTC

He was the leader of the Austria-Hungary emire and was assassinated by a man from Serbia. The Austria-Hungary empire declared war on Serbia because they thought it was the government's plan to kill him. His death started WW1.

People thought he was a ambitious and forceful leader. His wife Sophie was also killed when he was assassinated.

Gavrilo Princip (1895-1918)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:49:02 UTC

He was the man who assassinated Franz Ferdinand, he single handedly started WW1. He was train in terrorism by a serbian secret society called the black hand.

Princip died of tuberculosis in a military prison in the Austrian town of Theresienstadt.

Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:49:13 UTC

He was the leader of the Soviet Union at the end of WW1

Before becoming prime minister Lenin was arrested and sent to prison for fourteen months, and then banished to Siberia for three years because he was a revolutionary.

Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:49:24 UTC

He was the leader of Germany during WW1

He was the nephew of queen Victoria of England but the English didn't take pity on him during the war.

Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:49:36 UTC

He was the tsar of Russia at the begining of WW1 before Lenin. He didnt want war and tried to avoid it after Ferdinand's death.

He and his family was killed in the October Revolution.

Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:49:50 UTC

He was the Prime Minister of France during WW1, and he played a big role in creating the League of Nations and the Treaty of of Versailles

He was nicknamed "The Tiger" for his political writing and fierce personality.

King George V (1865-1936)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:50:25 UTC

He was the King of England, Ireland and India during WW1.

Unlike most kings he was a good one and offen visited the battlefields and hospitals during the war.

Winston Churchill (1871-1947)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:51:02 UTC

Churchill had been the First Lord of the Admiralty, the civilian leader of the British Royal Navy in WW1. Also he was prime minister of England.

He was an author of many books about politics.

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:52:28 UTC

He was the 28th president of the USA and led us through WW1. He also helped create the League Of Nations.

He was a physically frail man and suffered from many strokes, one leaving him paralyzed.

Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:53:16 UTC

He was a marshal of France and commander in chief of the Allied armies in World War I. He was most reponsible for the allied victory.

He was a mastermind of war and published many books of fundamentals of war.

John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:53:50 UTC

He was a U.S Army general and the commander of all the American troops going to Europe during WW1. He was an American hero.

Most of his family died in a fire while he was away at war only his five year old son survived.

Douglas Haig (1861-1928)

20032912 — 2025-01-13 14:54:03 UTC

He 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.

He spent a lot of time in India in his early life because England owned them as colonies.