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Allied leaders of World War I

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Allied leaders of World War I

The Allied leaders of World War I consist of the political and military figures that fought for or supported the Allies during World War I. For a larger list of Allied leaders than the one below, see Allies of World War I.

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Russian Empire

  • Nicholas II – last Tsar of Russia, titular King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland. His rule ended with the Russian Revolution. Nicholas was killed on 17 July 1918.
  • Alexander Kerensky − Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government
  • Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich – Commander-in-chief and viceroy in the Caucasus
  • Alexander Samsonov – Commander of the Russian Second Army for the invasion of East Prussia
  • Paul von Rennenkampf – Commander of the Russian First Army for the invasion of East Prussia
  • Nikolay Ivanov – Commander of the Russian army on the Southwestern Front, responsible for much of the action in Galicia
  • Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich - Chief of the Imperial Russian Air Service
  • Aleksei Brusilov – Commander of the south, then provisional Commander-in-Chief after the Tsar's abdication
  • Nikolai Yudenich - commander of the Russian forces in the Caucasus Campaign

    • Russian SFSR

  • Vladimir Lenin − Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR

    • France

  • Raymond Poincaré – President of France, 1913–1920
  • Rene Viviani – Prime Minister of France 1914-1915
  • Joseph Joffre – Commander-in-Chief of the French Army and Marshal of France
  • Ferdinand Foch – Commander-in-Chief of the French Army and Marshal of France, "Generalissimo of the Allied Armies" from spring 1918
  • Robert Nivelle – Commander-in-Chief of the French Army
  • Philippe Pétain – Commander-in-Chief of the French Army and Marshal of Italy
  • Maurice Sarrail - commander of the French forces in the Macedonian Front

    • United Kingdom

  • H. H. Asquith – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (until 1916)
  • David Lloyd George – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (from 1916 to 1922)
  • Douglas Haig – Commander-in-Chief of the BEF (1915–1918)
  • Sir John French - Commander-in-Chief of the BEF (1914–1915) and Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces (1915-1918)
  • John Jellicoe – Commanding officer of the Grand Fleet (1914–1916), First Sea Lord (1916–1917)
  • Winston Churchill – First Lord of the Admiralty (from 1911 to 1915)
  • Horatio Herbert Kitchener – Secretary of State for War (5 August 1914 – 5 June 1916)
  • Sir David Henderson - Director-General of Military Aeronautics (1 September 1913 – 18 October 1917)
  • George Milne - Commander of the British forces at Doiran
  • Reginald Wingate - commander of the British forces in the Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition
  • Edmund Allenby - commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force

    • Canada

  • Robert Borden – Prime Minister of Canada (1911 to 1920)

    • Serbia

  • Peter I – King of Serbia
  • Crown Prince Alexander – Regent, Commander-in-Chief
  • Nikola Pašić – Prime Minister
  • Radomir Putnik - Field Marshal and commander-in-chief of the Serbian Army
  • Stepa Stepanovic - General in the Serbian Army

    • Belgium

  • Albert I of Belgium – King of the Belgians
  • Charles de Broqueville – Prime Minister (17 June 1911 – 1 June 1918)
  • Gérard Cooreman – Prime Minister (1 June 1918 – 21 November 1918)
  • Gérard Leman - Belgian general in the Battle of Liege

    • Italy

  • Victor Emmanuel III – King of Italy
  • Vittorio Orlando - Prime Minister of Italy at the end of the war.
  • Luigi Cadorna – Commander-in-Chief of the Italian army
  • Armando Diaz – Chief of General Staff of the Italian army
  • Luigi Amedeo – Commander-in-Chief of the Adriatic Fleet of Italy
  • Maurizio Moris - Head of Italian military aviation
  • Ernesto Mombelli - Italian commander in Macedonia
  • Alfredo Acton - Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy

    • Romania

  • Ferdinand I - King of Romania
  • Constantin Prezan – Chief of the General Staff of Romania
  • Alexandru Averescu – Prime Minister of Romania and Marshal in the Romanian Army

    • United States of America

  • Woodrow Wilson – President of the United States
  • Thomas R. Marshall – Vice President of the United States
  • John J. Pershing – Commander of the American Expeditionary Force
  • Newton D. Baker - Secretary of War
  • William Sims - commander of all American naval forces in Europe
  • Josephus Daniels - Secretary of the Navy

    • Japan

  • Emperor Taishō – Emperor of Japan
  • Ōkuma Shigenobu – Prime Minister of Japan (16 April 1914 – 9 Octo
  • Terauchi Masatake – Prime Minister of Japan (9 October 1916 – 29 September 1918)
  • Hara Takashi – Prime Minister of Japan (29 September 1918 – 4 November 1921)

    • Brazil

  • Venceslau Brás – President of Brazil
  • Pedro Frontin – Brazilian Admiral
  • Dr. Nabuco Gouveia – Chief of the Brazilian Medical Delegation

    • Greece

  • Constantine I – King of Greece 1913 - 1917
  • Eleftherios Venizelos – Prime Minister
  • Pavlos Kountouriotis – Admiral
  • Panagiotis Danglis - General in the Army

    • Siam

  • Rama VI – King of Siam
  • Chao Phraya Bodindechanuchit – Minister of Defence
  • Chakrabongse Bhuvanath – Supreme Commander Siamese Expeditionary Forces
  • Phraya Bijai Janriddhi – Commander of Siamese Expeditionary Forces in Western Front

    • Portugal

  • Afonso Costa - Prime Minister of Portugal
  • Bernardino Machado - President of Portugal
  • Fernando Tamagnini de Abreu e Silva - commander-in-chief of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps
  • Jose Norton de Matos - commander-in-chief of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps

    • References

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