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World War I
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Soviet Union
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The last Russian Emperor who approved Russia’s entry into the World War I
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Tsar Nicholas
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Leader of the Russian Revolution in 1917
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Vladimir Lenin
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Germany
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The last German Emperor who formed a key alliance with Austria-Hungary
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Kaiser Wilhelm
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General who achieved major success at Liege and Tannenburg
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Erich Ludendorff
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A Prussian general who led the army in the Battle of Tannenburg
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Paul von Hindenburg
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Pilot known as the ‘Red Baron’ who is credited with 80 air combat victories
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Manfred Von Richthofen
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Britain
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Officer posted to the Middle East who played a key role in fomenting the Arabs to revolt against the Ottoman Empire
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T. E. Lawrence
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Secretary of State in 1914, who played a crucial role in raising a large volunteer army in Britain
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Herbert Kitchener
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Prime Minister from 1916 to the end of the World War I
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David Lloyd George
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United States
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US President who took America into the war against Germany
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Woodrow Wilson
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Commander in Chief of American forces in Europe
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John J. Pershing
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France
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Prime Minister from 1917-1920
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Georges Clemenceau
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The hero of Verdun and French general who was promoted to Marshal of France.
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Phillipe Petain
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Turkey
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Turkish general responsible for holding off the Allies at Gallipoli during 1915
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Serbia
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Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife
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Gavrilo Princip
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World War II
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Germany
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Dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933-45
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Adolf Hitler
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Commander during the invasion of France and who achieved striking victories in North Africa war
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Erwin Rommel
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Officer promoted to Field Marshall, commanding the army in the Battle of Stalingrad
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Friedrich Paulus
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General Field Marshall, taking an active role in the Battle of Stalingrad, the Siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Kursk
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Erich von Manstein
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Founder of the Gestapo in 1933 and the Commander of the Luftwaffe
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Hermann Göring
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Member of the Nazi who set up the SS and the system of extermination camps used in the Holocaust
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Heinrich Himmler
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Officer who led the unsuccessful July 1944 bomb plot against Hitler
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Claus von Stauffenberg
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Nazi Minister of Propaganda.
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Joseph Goebbels
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An ethnic German who joined the Nazi party to protect over 1,000 Jews who were employed in his factory
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Oskar Schindler
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Britain
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Prime Minister whose speeches helped to bolster morale during the difficult years of 1940 and 1941
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Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister who led Great Britain into war with Germany after the invasion of Poland
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Neville Chamberlain
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Spy who was parachuted into France and worked for the French underground
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Odette Sansom
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Head of RAF Operation Bomber Command 1942-45
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Arthur Harris
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General who led British divisions during Operation Overlord and the liberation of occupied Europe
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Bernard Montgomery
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United States
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US President who declared war on both Japan and Germany after Pearl Harbor
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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US President who approved the atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan
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Harry Truman
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General who was Supreme Allied Commander for the D-Day
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Commander who fought in Africa, Sicily and in the Battle of the Bulge
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George S. Patton
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Physicist who worked on the development of the Atomic bomb
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Japan
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Commander responsible for the naval actions at Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway
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Isoroku Yamamoto
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Emperor and the official Head of State during the 1930s
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Hirohito
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General responsible for ordering the attack on Pearl Harbour
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Hideki Tojo
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Soviet Union
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Leader and dictator who signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939
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Joseph Stalin
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Commander who played a decisive role in the Battle of Kursk and the final Battle for Berlin
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Georgy Zhukov
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Sniper who killed 225 enemy soldiers during the Battle of Stalingrad
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Vasily Zaytsev
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France
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General who was a symbol of the French resistance
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Charles de Gaulle
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Italy
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Fascist dictator
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Benito Mussolini
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Yugoslavia
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Leader of the Yugoslavian resistance in World War II.
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Josip Broz Tito
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