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World War I
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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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The last German Emperor who formed a key alliance with Austria-Hungary.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
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Leader of the Russian Revolution in 1917.
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Vladimir Lenin
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US President who took America into the war against Germany in 1917.
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Woodrow Wilson
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A Prussian general who led the Germany army in the Battle of Tannenburg.
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Paul von Hindenburg
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Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife.
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Gavrilo Princip
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British 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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Commander in Chief of American forces in Europe in World War I.
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John J. Pershing
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Dutch exotic dancer who was a lover to French, German and Russian army officers.
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Mata Hari
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French Prime Minister from 1917-1920.
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Georges Clemenceau
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German general who achieved major success at Liege and Tannenburg.
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Erich Ludendorff
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Prime Minister of the UK from 1916 to the end of the World War I.
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David Lloyd George
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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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Turkish general responsible for holding off the Allies at Gallipoli during 1915.
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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British 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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German 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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World War II
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Dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933-45.
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Adolf Hitler
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Prime Minister of the UK who speeches helped to bolster morale during the difficult years of 1940 and 1941.
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Winston Churchill
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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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Leader and dictator of the Soviet Union who signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939.
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Joseph Stalin
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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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Fascist dictator of Italy.
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Benito Mussolini
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General who was a symbol of the French resistance in World War II.
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Charles de Gaulle
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British 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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Leader of the Yugoslavian resistance in World War II.
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Josip Broz Tito
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Emperor and the official Head of State of Japan during the 1930s.
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Hirohito
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Japanese General responsible for ordering the attack on Pearl Harbour.
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Hideki Tojo
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Emperor of Ethiopia who helped resisting the Italian invasion of Ethiopia during the 1930s.
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Haile Selassie
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General in US Army, who was Supreme Allied Commander for the D-Day invasion.
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Dwight Eisenhower
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US Commander who fought in Africa, Sicily and in the Battle of the Bulge.
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George S. Patton
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German commander during the invasion of France (1940) and who achieved striking victories in North Africa war.
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Erwin Rommel
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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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German officer promoted to Field Marshall, commanding the army in the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Friedrich Paulus
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German 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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Japanese Commander responsible for the naval actions at Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway.
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Isoroku Yamamoto
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Russian Commander 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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Nazi Minister of Propaganda.
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Joseph Goebbels
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Nazi, who founded the Gestapo in 1933 and who was made 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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American physicist who worked on the development of the Atomic bomb.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Italian-American film producer during WWII who joined the US Army Corps and produced propaganda films such as “Why we serve”.
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Frank Capra
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Young Jewish diarist whose family were forced into hiding from the Nazis.
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Anne Frank
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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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Head of RAF Operation Bomber Command 1942-45.
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Arthur Harris
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Russian sniper who killed 225 enemy soldiers during the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Vasily Zaytsev
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German officer who led the unsuccessful July 1944 bomb plot against Hitler.
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Claus von Stauffenberg
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British spy who was parachuted into France and worked for the French underground. She was awarded George Cross and Legion d’honneur.
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Odette Sansom
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