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22 de ene. de 2016 · World War 1 Leaders: The 10 Greatest German Generals of 1914-1918. Following the unification of Germany in 1871, the scene was set for the powers in Central Europe to begin flexing their collective muscles. With imperial aspirations running rampant, events in the Balkans in 1914 rapidly escalated into a full-blown conflict between ...
- Philippe Petain
- Douglas Haig
- Armando Diaz
French Marshal Philippe Petain fought the Germans and collaborated with the same in the two different world wars. While he is popularly remembered to have collaborated with Germany during the 2nd World War, he actually headed the troops that fought and repulsed the German attack at Verdunin World War 1 (1916). This made him a national hero. He had ...
Douglas Haig was a British Field Marshal. He replaced John French in late 1915 as Commander in Chiefof the British Expeditionary Force, BEF, and held the position until the end of World War 1. He led the British troops in the Somme Offensive in 1917 and a year later in the Battle of Passchendaele. Even though both of the battles suffered massive ca...
He was an Italian general and Field Marshal born in Spain. Armando Diaz served as corps commander of the Italian forces after being promoted from the position of major-general under Luigi Cadorna. He replaced Cadorna as Italian Army’s Chief of Staff after the tragedy at the Battle of Caporettoin the fall of 1917. In 1917 he repulsed the Austro-Hung...
22 de abr. de 2024 · Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck was a German general during the First World War. He was also known as the Lion of Africa as he was the commander of the German East African Campaign. He is known to have lived by the warrior’s code of chivalry, honor and respect for one’s enemies, and was famous for the humanitarian treatment of his men as well as ...
Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch played a crucial role in checking the Germans at the beginning of World War I. In September 1914, he was the key actor in German defeat at the First Battle of Marne by which he effectively ended all German hopes to achieve a quick victory on the Western Front.
Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff ( German pronunciation: [ˈeːrɪç ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːdn̩ˌdɔʁf]; 9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German general, politician and military theorist. He achieved fame during World War I for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914.
Albert von Berrer. Hans Hartwig von Beseler. Moritz von Bissing. Alfred von Böckmann. Max von Boehn (general) Felix Graf von Bothmer. Otto von Brandenstein. Karl von Bülow. Johannes von Busse.
5 de abr. de 2024 · Erich Ludendorff (born April 9, 1865, Kruszewnia, near Poznań, Prussian Poland—died Dec. 20, 1937, Munich, Ger.) was a Prussian general who was mainly responsible for Germany ’s military policy and strategy in the latter years of World War I.
