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*'''[[Newton D. Baker]]''' – [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]]
*'''[[Newton D. Baker]]''' – [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]]
*'''[[Josephus Daniels]]''' – [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]]
*'''[[Josephus Daniels]]''' – [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]]
*'''[[Tasker H. Bliss]]''' – [[Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army]]
*'''[[Tasker H. Bliss]]''' – [[Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army]] (1917-1918)
*'''[[Peyton C. March]]''' – Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
*'''[[Peyton C. March]]''' – Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1918)
*'''[[John J. Pershing]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/commission.html|title=Library of Congress link: Washington held the title of "General and Commander in Chief" of the Continental Army}}</ref> – Commander of the [[American Expeditionary Forces]]
*'''[[John J. Pershing]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/commission.html|title=Library of Congress link: Washington held the title of "General and Commander in Chief" of the Continental Army}}</ref> – Commander of the [[American Expeditionary Forces]]
*'''[[William Sims]]''' – Commander of all American naval forces in [[Europe]]
*'''[[William Sims]]''' – Commander of all American naval forces in [[Europe]]

Revision as of 06:56, 14 September 2018

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

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

Two bearded men of identical height wear military dress uniforms emblazoned with medals and stand side-by-side
King George V (right) with his first cousin Tsar Nicholas II, Berlin, 1913. Note the close physical resemblance between the two monarchs.[1]
King Albert (left) with his wife the Queen, and Fuad I of Egypt (right).
Okuma Shigenobu, 5th Prime Minister of Japan.

See also

References

  • Hart, Peter (2013). The Great War. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199976270. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  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 in French on the Immortals page of the Académie française
  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. ^ "HH Asquith (1852–1928)". BBC. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
  15. ^ Dragoljub R. Živojinovic, Kralj Petar I Karadordevic (King Peter I Karadordevic), vol. I-III, Belgrade, BIGZ 1988–1992.
  16. ^ Carlo Bronne. Albert 1er: le roi sans terre.
  17. ^ King Vittorio Emanuele III
  18. ^ "Woodrow Wilson". Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ Hatfield, Mark O. (1997). "Thomas R. Marshall, 28th Vice President (1913–1921)". Senate Historical Office. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  20. ^ "Library of Congress link: Washington held the title of "General and Commander in Chief" of the Continental Army".
  21. ^ Bix, Herbert P. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. Harper Perennial (2001). ISBN 0-06-093130-2