Key People in WW1 by Olivia Strohmeier

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

200121016 — 2025-01-13 13:27:12 UTC

Archduke Franz Ferdinand role in WW1 was the heir of Austria, he was assassinated in 1914 which is generally considered to have begun WW1. One fun fact about him is that he enjoyed hunting and recorded that he had killed more than 272,400 animals during his lifetime.

Gavrilo Princip

200121016 — 2025-01-13 13:30:13 UTC

he was a member of the Serbian nationalist secret society Union or Death. He was the assassinator of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. One fun fact about him is he was born the fourth of nine children.

Vladimir Lenin

200121016 — 2025-01-13 13:34:27 UTC

Lenin was the leader of Russia, founder of the Russian Communist Party and the moving force behind the Russian Revolution of 1917. One fun fact about him is his real name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov.

Kaiser Wilhelm II

200121016 — 2025-01-13 13:36:58 UTC

He was the emporer of Germany and led them through WW1. One fun fact about him is he was one of Queen Victorias nephews.

Tsar Nicholas II

200121016 — 2025-01-13 13:43:31 UTC

He was the last Russian emperor of his time. He tried to focus his attention towards the Balkans in WW1. One fun fact about him is in 1890-1891 he went on a round-the-world trip where he got a tattoo and was nearly killed.

Georges Clemenceau

200121016 — 2025-01-13 13:46:43 UTC

Georges Clemenceau was the twice premier of France. He led France through the critical days of WW1. One fun fact about him is he fought over a dozen duels in his lifetime.

King George V

200121016 — 2025-01-13 13:49:32 UTC

He was the king of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and emperor of India.He maintained the monarchy as a stabilizing influence in a period of rapid international and domestic changes. One fun fact about him is he became the first monarch in British history to have his voice beamed into people's houses, when he broadcast the first Christmas speech.

Winston Churchill

200121016 — 2025-01-13 13:52:17 UTC

Churchill gave speeches during WW1 to boost soldiers to win the war. One fun fact about him is his parliamentary career spanned the reigns of six monarchs, from Queen Victoria to her great- great-granddaughter.

Woodrow Wilson

200121016 — 2025-01-13 13:54:43 UTC

He was the President of the U.S during WW1. Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war on Germany, because of the latter's continued policy of sinking merchant vessels without warning. One fun fact about him is that his earliest memory as a child was hearing that Abraham Lincoln had been elected president and that war was coming.

John Joseph Pershing

200121016 — 2025-01-14 13:33:00 UTC

Pershing was commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during WW1. One fun fact about him is he was the only American to be promoted in his own lifetime to General of the Armies, the highest possible rank in the United States Army.

Ferdinand Foch

200121016 — 2025-01-14 13:35:47 UTC

he was a French marshall and was the commander in chief of the Allied armies in WW1. One fun fact about Foch is as a young child, he was inspired by the stories of the campaigns of his grandfather.

Douglas Haig

200121016 — 2025-01-14 13:38:51 UTC

He was a british general,who commanded British forces on the Western front in Europe during WW1. He is credited with the final British victories over the German armies in 1918. One fun fact about him is early in his military career, Haig played polo for England on a tour of the United States.