Key People WWI

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Archduke of Austria-Hungry, Sparked the beginning of war.

Henry Cabot Lodge

Believed firmly in the principles of the Monroe Doctrine and was a supporter of the Spanish-American War of 1898.

Vladimir Lenin

Bolshevik Revolutionist that represented Russia towards the end of the War.

Benito Mussolini

Dictator of fascist Italy, that would come to power as a result of WWI.

Franz Joseph

Emperor of Austria-Hungry

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Emperor of Germany.

General John Pershing

In 1971, appointed Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).

Adolph Hitler

Nazi dictator that would come to power as a result of WWI.

John Maynard Keynes

Noted British economist. Influential during the peace negotiations.

Alfred Thayer Mahan

One of the leading spokesmen for the age of imperialism. Wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History.

Woodrow Wilson

President of the United States during the war.

Georges Clemenceau

Prime Minister of France.

David Lloyd George

Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWI.

Vittorio Orlando

Prime Minister of Italy.

Theodore Roosevelt

US President that was very imperialistic, responsible for the Spanish-American War, which was a precusor to WWI.