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Emperor Franz Josef

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Guy in charge of the Hapsburg Empire 83 years old in 1914

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Heir to the Habsburg throne, assassinated which started the war on June 28, 1914

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Sophie Ferdinand

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Franz’s wife, she died with him

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Gavrilo Princip

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19 year old assassin who killed Franz Ferdinand

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Raymond Poincare

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The French president at the start of the war

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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The King of Germany during World War One

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Tsar Nicholas II

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Tsar of Russia, killed by the Bolsheviks

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William Randolph Hearst

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Yellow journalist in the United States

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Joseph Pulitzer

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Yellow journalist in the United States

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Colonel Liman von Sanders

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Leader of the German military mission to Constantinople in December 1913

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Alfred von Schlieffen

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Chief of the German General Staff in 1904, developed his plan to defeat France

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General Joseph-Jacques Cesaire Joffre

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Appointed Chief of the French General Staff in 1911, developed Plan 17, sacked in December 1916

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General Alexander von Kluck

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One of the German generals at the start of the war, was forced to retreat at the Battle of the Marne, resigned with 33 other generals after the failure of the Schlieffen Plan

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General Hermann von Moltke

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Chief of the German General Staff, resigned after the Schlieffen Plan’s failure

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Sir John French

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Commander of the B.E.F. at the start of the war

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General Lanzerak

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French General who fought the Germans during the Battle of the Frontiers

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Erich von Falkenhayn

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Chief of the German General Staff after Motlke’s resignation, replaced after Romania entered the war

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General Iakov Zhilinskii

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Russian general, did not think Russia had a chance against German

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General Pavel von Rennenkampf

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Russian commander of the 1st army

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General Aleksandr Samsonov

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Commander of the Russian 2nd army at the start of the war, defeated at the Battle of Tannenburg

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General Paul von Hindenburg

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German general on the Eastern Front and later chief of the German General Staff

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General Erich Ludendorff

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German general on the Eastern Front, later launched Operation Michael on the Western Front, told the Kaiser the war was lost

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Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf

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Austrian commander during the war, failed to follow the Austrian German plan at the start of the war

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Theobald con Bethmann Hollweg

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German Chancellor until 1918, refused to allow peace with Russia

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Admiral Souchon

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German Admiral commanded the Ottoman fleet in the Black Sea, caused the Ottomans to enter the war by attacking a Russian port

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Enver Pash

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Turkish Minister of War

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Sir Charles Townshend

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British general, led the largest capitulation in British history

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Emir Abdullah ibn-Hussein

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Arab prince who raised a volunteer army and fought the Ottoman Empire

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Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

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German commander of forces in German East Africa, evaded the British forces for four years

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Aleksei Polivanov

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Russian War Minister, a popular moderate

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Aristide Briand

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French Premiere who ordered Joffre to hold Verdun at all costs

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Phillipe Petain

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Commander of French forces at Verdun, succeeded Nivelle as Chief of the French General Staff

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Alexei Brusilov

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Russia's most intelligent student of warfare, commanded two offensives the first was successful the second was not

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Mikhai V. Alekseev

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Russian commander in chief and then demoted to army chief of staff

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Sir Douglas Haig

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Commander of the B.E.F. after French

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Rear Admiral Maximilian von Spee

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German admiral who caused havoc on British naval forces in the Indian, Pacific and South Atlantic Oceans

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Admiral Franz Hipper

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Commander of a German squadron, wanted to attack the Allied blockade at the end of the war

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Woodrow Wilson

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Obvious but, President of the United States

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Admiral Reinhard Scheer

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Commander of the German navy, convinced the Kaiser to allow him to attack the British fleet

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Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmerman

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German minister and creator of the Zimmerman Telegraph

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General Francois

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German General at the Battle of Tanneburg

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Admiral Jellicoe

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Commander of the British Navy

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Admiral Bealty

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Commander of the British Battlecruiser fleet

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Empress Alexandra

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Wife of the Russian Tsar, filled the void when he left the captiol

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Grigorii Rasputin

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Empress Alexandra's advisor, killed by the son of the wealthiest aristocrat in Russian and Grand Duke Dmitrii Pavlovich

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Grand Duke Dmitrii Pavlovich

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Killer of Rapsutin

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Aleksei Khovsotv

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Leader of the Fascistic Right faction of the Duma and latter Minister of the Interior

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Alexander Kerensky

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Leader of the Provisional Government in Russia

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General Kornilov

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Russian general appointed to restore discipline, arrested by Kerensky for treason

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General Robert g. Nivelle

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French General who was sacked after the Battle of Chemin des Dames

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General Wilhelm Groener

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The last German Chief of the General Staff

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Friedrich Ebert

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Leader of the moderate Social Democratic Party and later German Chancellor

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David Lloyd George

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Leader of Britain at Versailles

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Georges Clemenceau

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Leader of France at Versailles

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Vittorio Orlando

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Prime Minister of Italy at Versailles

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Joseph Piludski

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The leader of the Polish legion within the Austrian army

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Tomas Masaryk

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Leader of Czechoslovakia who lobbied for an independent country

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Eduard Benes

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Czechoslovakian leader who lobbied for an independent country at the end of the war

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Mustafa Kemal

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Leader of a Turkish resistance movement on the Turkish War of Independence