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Personalities

Personalities. The Great War. Franz Ferdinand. Archduke Crown Prince (Heir) of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Assassinated in Sarajevo (the “spark” that started WWI). Gavrilo Princep. Serbian Member of “The Black Hand” Assassin who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Franz Joseph.

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Personalities

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  1. Personalities The Great War

  2. Franz Ferdinand • Archduke • Crown Prince (Heir) of the Austro-Hungarian Empire • Assassinated in Sarajevo (the “spark” that started WWI)

  3. Gavrilo Princep • Serbian • Member of “The Black Hand” • Assassin who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  4. Franz Joseph • Emperor of Austria-Hungary • Hoped to expand empire by invading Serbia

  5. Wilhelm II • Kaiser of Germany • Gave “blank cheque” to Austria-Hungary

  6. George V • King of Great Britain • Controlled the largest empire in the history of civilization

  7. Nicholas II • Czar (Tsar) of Russia • Felt protective of Serbia • No, his daughter Anastasia did not survive … but it’s a nice story

  8. Robert Borden • PM of Canada, 1911-1920 • Let some women vote in 1917 • That’s him on the $100 bill

  9. Sam Hughes • Minister of the Militia • Organised Canada’s initial war effort until 1916 • Ordered left footed boots and the Ross Rifle for our troops

  10. Arthur Currie • General, Canada • The first Canadian General to be placed in charge of Canadian troops in WWI • Planned and carried out the attack on Vimy Ridge

  11. Douglas Haig • General, Britain • Planned the Battle of the Somme • His narrow thinking and lack of care for the troops cost hundreds of thousands of lives

  12. Manfred von Richtofen • German flying ace • “The Red Baron” • 80 confirmed kills • Killed by Canadian Roy Brown (no matter what the Aussies say!)

  13. Billy Bishop • Canadian flying ace • 72 confirmed kills • Unlike the “Red Baron”, Bishop survived the war

  14. Vladamir Ilyich Lenin • Russian leader of the Bolshevik revolution, 1917 • Communist • Creator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or “Soviet Union”) • Died 1924

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