ww1 figures Flashcards
Woodrow Wilson
President of the United States during World War I.
Proposed the Fourteen Points as a basis for peace negotiations.
Advocated for the establishment of the League of Nations.
Promoted the idea of national self-determination.
Georges Clemenceau
Prime Minister of France during World War I
Advocated for harsh treatment of Germany in peace negotiations.
Pushed for security measures to prevent future German aggression.
Demanded reparations and territorial adjustments to weaken Germany.
David Lloyd George
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War I.
Led Britain through the latter part of the war and into the post-war era.
Adopted a more moderate stance compared to Clemenceau.
Focused on balancing French demands with the need for long-term stability.
Adolf Hitler
Annexed Austria in the Anschluss of 1938.
Demanded the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia, leading to the Munich Agreement.
Invaded Poland in 1939, sparking World War II.
Implemented policies of anti-Semitism and racial superiority.
Benito Mussolini
invaded Ethiopia (Abyssinia) in 1935, leading to condemnation from the League of Nations.
Formed an alliance with Nazi Germany through the Rome-Berlin Axis.
Involved Italy in the Spanish Civil War in support of Franco’s Nationalists
Haile Selassie
Appealed to the League of Nations for assistance against Italian aggression.
Addressed the League of Nations in a famous speech condemning the invasion.
Exiled from Ethiopia during the Italian occupation.
Returned to power after Ethiopia’s liberation in 1941.
Implemented modernization and social reforms in Ethiopia.
Joseph Stalin
Played a key role in the Allied victory in World War II.
Oversaw the establishment of communist regimes in Eastern Europe.
Initiated the Cold War through Soviet expansionist policies.
Remained in power until his death in 1953, shaping the course of world history through his leadership of the Soviet Union.
