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.