Notturno)įascist and anti-semite 1940-1944 prime minister of Romania in WW 2 pursuer of Jews 1944 arrested 1946 tried and executed as a war criminal One of the first members of Mussolini's fascist movement 1919 occupied the city of Fiume for 16 months with a fascist battle force renowned for his poetry and novels (e.g. Pilot, leader of the Serenissima air squadron Served as sergeant-quartermaster in the 16th Bayern Infantry Regiment, where he met corporal Adolf Hitler wounded on the Flemish front, losing an arm as a resultĪfter the war the third member to join Hitler's Nazi Party 1922 became publisher of the party newspaper Volkische Beobachter 1933 established Nazi control over the industry and closed down all newspapers that did not support Hitler 1948 sentenced to ten years for war crimes 1957 died in poverty Inventor of 'blitzkrieg' use of mechanized forces Served in the Ottoman Empire Army until captured by British forces moving into Palestine from Egypt escaped and fled eastward, where he was converted to the cause of Arab nationalism and joined forces with Lawrence of Arabia took part in the attack on DamascusĪs reward for his loyalty became minister of defense in the first Iraqi government served as prime minister twice, and was also minister of foreign affairs † 1936 (killed by Chief of Staff Bakr Sidqi, in Iraq's first coup)īrigadier 4th Guards Brigade wounded twiceĬommander in WW 2 (Africa, Monte Cassino) governor general of Canada 1946-1952 Social reformer and pacifist 1931 cowinner (with Nicholas Murray Butler) of the Nobel Prize for Peace founder of Hull House in Chicago, first social settlements in North America If you want a broader view, push F 11 on your keyboardġ915 chairman in The Hague of the International Congress of Women (considering ways to end the war) after that co-founder International League for Peace and Freedom This is a long list - it may take some time to load. Pictures above: Propaganda encouraged fathers to leave their family and to play a role in the Great War. So be ready for a suprise and read what Maurice Chevalier did in that war - and Humphrey Bogart, Albert Schweitzer, Charles de Gaulle, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Madame Curie, Mahatma Ghandi, Giacomo Puccini, the ´unsinkable´ Molly Brown, Hugh Lofting, Henry Moore, Monk Eastman, Ernest Hemingway and Adolf Hitler - and many others!
Even dead they had a message that came through.Īll these people were wounded, scratched, insulted, loved, disappointed, satisfied, challenged, brutalized, robbed from their ideals or otherwise shaped by the experiences they had during the Great War.Īnd as they, for their part, shaped the remaining era of the 20th Century, one can hardly overestimate the influence of that war on our present-day world. Some of their roles may look small and insignificant, and some of them were rather unknown at that time - but in the years to come the world was going to hear from them. The people on this list were all extraordinary. We left most of the generals and politicians out. Famous People in the Great War THE HERITAGE OF THE GREAT WARįamous and Notorious Personalities What did Daddy doīelow you will find a list of more than 300 persons who played a role in the First World War.
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