Allied leaders of World War I

Summary

The Allied leaders of World War I were the political and military figures that fought for or supported the Allied Powers during World War I.

The Council of Four (from left to right): David Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson in Versailles.
Map of the World showing the participants in World War I. Those fighting along with the Allied Powers (at one point or another) are depicted in blue, the Central Powers in orange, and neutral countries in grey.

Russian Empire edit

French Third Republic edit

British Empire edit

United Kingdom edit

Australia edit

Dominion of Canada edit

 
Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada

British Raj edit

Union of South Africa edit

Dominion of New Zealand edit

Dominion of Newfoundland edit

Kingdom of Serbia edit

Kingdom of Montenegro edit

Belgium edit

 
King Albert I

Luxembourg edit

Kingdom of Italy edit

 
King Victor Emanuel III of Italy

Kingdom of Romania edit

United States edit

 
Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States

Empire of Japan edit

 
Okuma Shigenobu, 5th Prime Minister of Japan.

Kingdom of Greece edit

Kingdom of Hejaz edit

First Portuguese Republic edit

Kingdom of Siam edit

Emirate of Nejd and Hasa edit

First Brazilian Republic edit

Republic of China edit

  • Yuan Shikai - President of the Republic of China (1916)
  • Li Yuanhong - President of the Republic of China (1916 – 1917)
  • Feng Guozhang - President of the Republic of China (1917 - 1918)
  • Duan Qirui - Premier of the Republic of China

Notes edit

  1. ^ At George's wedding in 1893, The Times claimed that the crowd may have confused Nicholas with George, because their beards and dress made them look alike superficially (The Times (London) Friday, 7 July 1893, p.5). Their facial features were only different up close.
  2. ^ Robert D. Warth, Nicholas II, The Life and Reign of Russia's Last Monarch, 20
  3. ^ Hart 2013, pp. 299–300
  4. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Nicholas (Nikolai Nikolayevich), Russian Grand Duke" . Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company.
  5. ^ Who's Who: Alexander Samsonov Biography
  6. ^ Who's Who: Paul von Rennenkampf
  7. ^ First World War.com — Who's Who — Nikolai Ivanov
  8. ^ Brusiloff, Hero of the Hour in Russia, Described Intimately by One Who Knows Him Well Charles Johnston, New York Times, 18 June 1916, accessed 8 February 2010
  9. ^ J. F. V. Keiger, Raymond Poincaré (Cambridge University Press, 2002) p126
  10. ^ First World War – Willmott, H. P., Dorling Kindersley, 2003, Page 52
  11. ^ "Foch's Biography on the Immortals page of the Académie française" (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
  12. ^ Simkins, Peter; Jukes, Geoffrey & Hickey, Michael, The First World War: The War To End All Wars, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1-84176-738-7
  13. ^ Williams, Charles, Pétain, Little Brown (Time Warner Book Group UK), London, 2005, p. 206, ISBN 978-0-316-86127-4
  14. ^ Dragoljub R. Živojinovic, Kralj Petar I Karadordevic (King Peter I Karadordevic), vol. I-III, Belgrade, BIGZ 1988–1992.
  15. ^ Carlo Bronne. Albert 1er: le roi sans terre.
  16. ^ King Vittorio Emanuele III
  17. ^ "Woodrow Wilson". Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  18. ^ Hatfield, Mark O. (1997). "Thomas R. Marshall, 28th Vice President (1913–1921)". Senate Historical Office. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  19. ^ "Library of Congress link: Washington held the title of "General and Commander in Chief" of the Continental Army". Library of Congress.
  20. ^ Bix, Herbert P. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. Harper Perennial (2001). ISBN 0-06-093130-2

References edit

  • Hart, Peter (2013). The Great War. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199976270.