Allied leaders of 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.

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.

Russian Empire

French Third Republic

British Empire

United Kingdom

Australia

Dominion of Canada

Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada

British Raj

Union of South Africa

Dominion of New Zealand

Dominion of Newfoundland

Kingdom of Serbia

  • Peter I[14]King of Serbia
  • Crown Prince Alexander – Regent, nominal Commander-in-Chief
  • Nikola PašicPrime Minister (1912–1918)
  • Radivoje Bojović [sr] – Minister of War (1914–1915)
  • Radomir Putnik – Chief of Staff of the Serbian Army (1914–1915)
  • Živojin Mišić – Deputy Chief of General Staff (1914), Commander of First Army (1914–1915; 1917) and Chief of General Staff (1918)
  • Petar Bojović – Commander of First Army (1914), Deputy Chief of General Staff (1915–1916), Chief of General Staff (1916–1918) later Commander of First Army (1918)
  • Stepa Stepanovic – Commander of Second Army (1914–1918)
  • Pavle Jurišić Šturm – Commander of Third Army (1914–1916)

Kingdom of Montenegro

Belgium

King Albert I

Luxembourg

Kingdom of Italy

King Victor Emanuel III of Italy

Kingdom of Romania

United States

Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States

Empire of Japan

Okuma Shigenobu, 5th Prime Minister of Japan.

Kingdom of Greece

Kingdom of Hejaz

  • Hussein bin Ali – King of Hejaz, Sharif of Mecca and leader of the Arab Revolt
  • Faisal bin Hussein – Commander of the Northern Arab Army
  • Abdullah bin Hussein – Commander of the Eastern Arab Army
  • Ali bin Hussein – Commander of the Southern Arab Army
  • T. E. Lawrence – British Officer in the Arab Revolt

First Portuguese Republic

Kingdom of Siam

Emirate of Nejd and Hasa

  • Abdul Aziz ibn Saud – Emir of Nejd and Hasa
  • William Shakespear – British Military Advisor to Emirate of Nejd and Hasa

First Brazilian Republic

Republic of China

  • 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

  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

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