Maxime Weygand (January 21, 1867 - January 28, 1965) was a French general officer, member of the French Academy. He played a major role in both World Wars. Weygand was born on January 21, 1867 in Brussels, Belgium. According to some sources, he was the illegitimate son of Empress Charlotte of Mexi
Maurice Sarrail Birth:April 6, 1856 Carcassonne, France Died:March 23, 1929 (aged 73)Paris, France Nationality:France France Allegiance:French Army Military rank:Major General Service:1877 - 1925 Conflicts:First World War Command:1914-1917:Commander of the Third Army, then Commander-in-Chief
Louis Archinard (born February 11, 1850 in Le Havre - died May 8, 1932 in Villiers-le-Bel) was a French general of the Third Republic, who contributed to the colonial conquest of France in West Africa. He is often presented as the conqueror and peacemaker of French Sudan (now Mali). Louis Archinard
Name:Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Hohenzollern Born:January 27, 1859 Potsdam, Germany Died:June 5, 1941 (aged 82)Doorn, Netherlands Nationality:German Occupation:German Emperor (1888-1918)Last King of Prussia (1888-1918) Family:Hohenzollern Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrech
John Joseph Pershing was a general of the armies of the United States of America, born on September 13, 1860 in Missouri and died on July 15, 1948 at Walter Hospital in Washington DC. John Pershing was born in the small house of his parents near Laclede (Missouri) on September 13, 1860. The Persh
Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne (7 November 1860 in Condé-en- Barrois, France - April 2, 1936 in Paris) was a French gunner and military engineer. He had an important influence in France in the development of modern artillery and military aviation. He remains best known as the man who created an armor
Guillaume de Hohenzollern, born in Potsdam in 1882, died in Hechingen in 1951. Says the Kronprinz. Crown Prince of the German Empire. Son of William II of Germany and Augusta-Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. In 1905 he married Cécile de Meklembourg-Schwerin (1886-1954). From
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (pronounced as Clémenceau, but written without an accent), born September 28, 1841 in Mouilleron-en-Pareds in Vendée, died November 24, 1929 in Paris, was a French journalist and politician. Vendean youth Georges Clemenceau was born on September 28, 1841 in Mouilleron-
Erich von Falkenhayn was a German soldier born November 11, 1861 in Burg Belchau and died on April 8, 1922 in Potsdam. Supreme commander of the German army from September 1914 to August 1916, he was notably the designer of the Verdun offensive, intended to bleed the French army white. During the Fi
Erich Ludendorff, born on April 9, 1865 in Kruszewnia near Posen in Prussia (today Poznań in Poland), died on December 22, 1937 in Tutzing in Bavaria, was general-in-chief of the German armies during the First World War, from 1916 to 1918. He actively supported the Nazi movement in its early days (1
David Lloyd George (17 January 1863 in Manchester - 26 March 1945 in Llanystumdwy, Wales), 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, was a British statesman. He was the last Prime Minister to belong to the Liberal Party. Although born in Manchester, Lloyd George comes from a Welsh family. Born to a teachin
Jules-André Peugeot was a corporal in the French army, born in Étupes on June 11, 1893 and died in Joncherey in the Territoire de Belfort on August 2, 1914. He was the first French soldier to die in the First World War. Coming from a modest background, born in Étupes, in the Doubs, he was destine
Alvin Cullum York Alvin Cullum York (1887-1964). This native of Tennessee enlisted in the US Army in 1917 and became a sergeant in the 328th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division. October 8, 1918, Argonne Forest. Alvin York takes command of his section which has suffered heavy losses. Listening only to
Count Alfred von Schlieffen (February 28, 1833 - Berlin, January 4, 1913) was a Prussian strategist. Son of a Prussian commander-in-chief in Berlin, he joined the army in 1854 then joined the general staff in 1863, and participated in 1866, as a captain of the general staff, in the battle of Sadow
Albert I, Prince of Belgium, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, heir apparent to the crown (1891-1909), born in Brussels on April 8, 1875 and died in Marche-les-Dames on February 17, 1934. He was the third King of the Belgians from December 23, 1909, on the death of his uncle Leopold II. H
Helmuth Johann Ludwig, Count von Moltke, born May 25, 1848 in Gersdorf (Mecklenburg), died June 18, 1916 in Berlin, was a German soldier. He was the nephew of Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (1800-1891), a great Prussian military leader. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he served with the
Alexander Heinrich Rudolph von Klück (May 20, 1846 in Münster - October 19, 1934 in Berlin) was a German soldier. He participated in the Austro-Prussian war and then the Franco-German war of 1870. He rose in the hierarchy and reached the rank of General of the army. In 1913 he was appointed Inspect
Robert Georges Nivelle, born in Tulle on October 15, 1856 and died on March 23, 1924 in Paris, was generalissimo, commander-in-chief of the French armies during the First World War. French officer of English mother (which earned him to be bilingual ), he was an artilleryman by training and graduated
General Brûlard, who commands the only remaining French division in Gallipoli, protests against the Kitchener plan. He rightly points out that the withdrawal of troops from the Suvla sector will allow the Turks to double their numbers in the Cape Hellès region. The argument, and others of more gen
At the beginning of August, we can say that the expedition is marking time. During the five weeks during which the landing operations and the first battles took place, 60,000 men of the expeditionary force were put out of action, 40,000 British and 20,000 French. The territorial gains are insignifi
Charles Dickens, photographed in 1867 by Jeremia Gurney and London in the 19th century • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS / ISTOCKPHOTO No one better than Charles Dickens was able to capture the two facets of the London of his time. The bright side of the leap into modernity, and the dark side of child poverty
Although it is true that wars, also looting and military incursions have been very frequent throughout history, it is equally true that war is costly, painful and has a high price for the people and rulers who suffer from it. It is well known that war can have many reasons:among others, to conquer t
Can you imagine republican France paying homage to Queen Elizabeth II and her foreign policy conditioned to the interests of the Commonwealth, in which she would be integrated? Well, apparently it was something that was raised in 1956, during a visit by the French Prime Minister to London, according
It is (...) a very real question, that to know if it will be possible to continue our efforts in South Vietnam for the time necessary to achieve our objectives there. This is what Secretary of Defense McNamara wrote to President Johnson as 1967 drew to a close. Fearing that neither a large increase