People from 1900-1950
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- Tsar Nicholas II
- Tsar of Russia. He and his family killed during Russian revolution
- Rodzianko
- president of the Duma
- Grand Duke Nicholas
- tsar's uncle and in charge of the army
- Rasputin
- Russian peawsant who pretended to be a monk. Helped tsar's son who is a hemophiliac
- Protopov
- Minister of the Interior in Russia. very incompetent
- Kaiser Wilhelm
- kaiser of Germany. starts WWI.
- Alexander Kerensky
- socialist who demands the removal of the tsar
- Alexander Helphand
- socialist, non-Russian, go between that gives money from Germany to Revolutionists
- Lenin
- leader of the Bolsheviks. wins revolution in Russia and takes over. to get power must tell the people what they want to hear-"Peace, Bread, Land"
- General Kornilov
- commander of the army in Russia. announced he was going to march on Petrograd-didn't work because they were able to get ready
- Trotsky
- Menshivik until 1917 and then joined bolsheviks. immediatly brought to the top of the bolshevik party by Lenin. the most popular possible successor to Lenin
- Milyukov
- leader of the Constitutional democratic Party (cadets). called for the removal of "the government." views= classical liberal
- Stalin
- the successor to Lenin. the unfavored one, but one his reign with manipulation.
- kirov
- the popular head of the Leningrad Communist Party and was assassinated in December, 1934
- Victor Emmanuel III
- Italy's king throughout the Fascist era
- Mussolini
- appointed prime minister after old one resigned. took over as dictator of Italy. a coward
- Matteotti
- leader of the Socialists in Italy. very outspoken against the Duce and then murdered
- Gentile
- had the job of explaining Fascist philosophy or "doctrine" to those who asked
- Friedrich Ebert
- took power in Germany when the Kaiser and his chancellor resigned. member of the Majority Socialist party. First president of Germany's republic
- Prince Max Von Baden
- the kaiser's chancellor
- Wilhelm Groner
- army general with whom Ebert mand the "gentleman's agreement' with. the minister of defense at the time that the army decided to get incolved in politics
- von Seeckt
- said "troops do not fire on troops"
- Gustav Stresemann
- made chancellor of Germany for 3 months to cope with inflation and did. did want Kaiser back but knows only way for Germany to b e great is to carry out terms of treaty
- Adolf Hitler
- Leader of the Nazi Party in Germany. the fuhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party at the time of the Beer hall Putsch
- von Kahr
- the governor of the State of Bavaria at the time of the Beer Hall
- von Lossow
- the commander of the German army units stationed in Bavaria at the time of the Beer Hall Putsch
- Seisser
- the head of the Bavarian State Police at the time of the Beer Hall Putsch
- von Schleicher
- the cheif advisor to the Minister of Defense at the time that the army decided to get involved in politics. became chancellor in 1932
- Bruning
- the "take charge" chancellor appointed as a result of the army's decision to enter politics in 1930.
- Ludendorf
- the WW1 "hero" who was always willing to lend his support to far right causes. while not please with Hitler's actions, he agreed to support the Beer hall putsch
- Goring
- lieutenant in Hitler's brownshirts. elected president of the reichstag
- Hindenburg
- General in. President of Germany and won 2nd elections
- von Papen
- the army's second choice fo chancellor. made deal that made Hitler chacellor and he became vice chancellor
- George Strasser
- a Nazi official who took the socialist part seriously
- Roehm
- leader of the SA
- Dollfuss
- Austrian chancellor who was killed during the Nazi Putsch in Austria
- Haile Selassie
- The Abyssinian emperor who appealed to the League of Nations for help
- Alfonso XIII
- Spain's last monarch prior to the civil war
- Mola
- the general who planned the military revolt which sought to overthrow the Spanish republic
- Francisco Franco
- the general who actually led the military revolt
- Neville Chamberlain
- Britian's Prime Minister in 1937.
- Arthur Seyss-Inquart
- appointed as Minister of the Interior and assumed chancelorship of Austria
- Schuschnigg
- the Austrian chancellor before Germany demanded his resignation
- Daladier
- French Prime Minister
- Benes
- president of the Czechs during the crisis
- Emil Hacha
- Czech president after Germany given Sudatenland
- Litvinov
- Stalin's Forgein minister
- Gamelin
- French commander at the start of WWII
- Petain
- replaced Gamelin as French Prime Minister
- Zhukov
- new Russian general
- Weygand
- nammed "vice-premier" of Francde when the German invasion threatened to engulf Paris. most outspoken defeatist
- von Paulos
- commander of the German sixth army
- Grant
- who Roosevelt credited with the idea of unconditional surrender
- Eisenhower
- named Supreme Allied commander in Europe when the Americans joined the european war
- Rommel
- german commander who wanted to meet an allied incasion of France with all the forces the Germans had available
- von Rundstedt
- german commander who wanted to keep some of germany's troops in reserve when an allied invasion of france began
- Montgomery
- British commander who finally permanently turned the tide against the Germans in North Africa
- Marshall Badoglio
- replaced Mussolini as head of government
- General George S. Patton
- loved history and used that as a model and loved poetry. not very good with politics
- Omahr Bradley
- US general
- McAuliffe
- american general commanding the Americans who were trapped. he had said "Nuts!" to the Germans when the demanded his surrender
- Hirohito
- Japan's emperor during WWII
- Tojo
- Japan's Prime Minister appinted in the fall of 1941 prior to Pearl Harbor.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- President during most of WWII and died in April, 1945
- Byrnes
- told Truman to be tough on the Russians and even threaten with the bomb
- Suzuki
- took over after Hirohito
- Stimson
- told truman to offer to share the bomb with Russia
- Truman
- president after FDR
- Chiang Kai-Shek
- Chinese leader who is promised land back that they lost to Japan
- Gorbachev
- leader of USSR. and believed that holding Eastern countries not important. more laid back
- Honecker
- East german leader
- Khrushchev
- took over after Stalin
- Egon Krentz
- replaced Honecker and carried out reforms in East Germany
- Gustav Noske
- organized the Freikorps