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There were many bad leaders in World War 1. Sir Douglas Haig is known as one of the worst generals during this war, mainly because he authorized offensives that cost a lot of lives. In his defence it has to be said that not a single Allied or German general at that time had any experience with (or an effective answer to) the kind of trench warfare that had been developing.
Other 'bad' leaders that deserve mention are the German kaiser Wilhelm II and German general Ludendorff. The first because he never used his authority to give any kind of direction to events and allowed Germany to change from a democracy to a military Dictatorship in the last years of the war; the latter because he was the one making himself the military dictator, allowing Germany's economy to go down the drain, keeping German soldiers fighting even when he knew things had become hopeless and finally refusing to accept responsibility for Germany's defeat when it came.
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JordanSince World War 1 was fought by two national alliances, there were a number of leaders.
For the Allied Powers they included:
- Raymond Poincaré -France
- Georges Clemenceau - France
- Ferdinand Foch -France
- H. H. Asquith - United Kingdom
- David Lloyd George - United Kingdom
- Douglas Haig- United Kingdom
- Nicholas II - Russia
- Nicholas Nikolaevich -Russia
- Antonio Salandra - Italy
- Vittorio Orlando - Italy
- Luigi Cadorna - Italy
- Woodrow Wilson - US
- John J. Pershing - US
- Ferdinand I - Romania
For the Central Powers, they included:
- Wilhelm II - German Empire
- Paul von Hindenburg - German Empire
- Erich Ludendorff - German Empire
- Franz Joseph I - Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Karl I - Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Conrad von Hötzendorf - Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Mehmed V - Turkish Empire
- Enver Pasha - Turkish Empire
- Mustafa Kemal - Turkish Empire
- Ferdinand I - Bulgaria
- Nikola Zhekov - Bulgaria
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What was good about World War 1?
Since the whole world was in depression the war created jobs for people to manufacture goods,
How was China's economy during World War I?
The economy of China in the world war 1 period was that it was in a bad shape.
Was Russia good or bad in World War 1?
There is no bad side or good side but Russia was on the Allies Side.
How bad was lice during world war 1?
Extremely bad, many men had lice crawling over them
Which action did Allied leaders take to ensure that the treaty ending World War 2 would not create the same problems that arose following World War 1?
Answer this question… They avoided harshly punishing Germany for its role in the war.
