World War I - The leaders of the war
In the public eye the political and military leaders of the involved nations liked to present the war as merely a form of self defense. The collection presents the leaders of the major powers that took part in the war.
30.11.1904 - Portrait of Emperor Wilhelm II., the last German emperor, from 1905. He was born on the 27th of January in 1859 and died on the 4th of June in 1941 in Dutch exile.
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30.11.1999 - The Austrian emperor and husband of legendary empress Elisabeth ("Sis") of Austria in a contemporary portrait.
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30.11.1999 - Politician Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg in a contemporary picture. He became imperial chancellor in 1909 and Prussian minister president. He had already aimed for a peace resoluti...
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30.11.1999 - Emperor Wilhelm II. (m) honours soldiers of General Otto von Below's army (2nd of left) with the Iron Cross at the Eastern front during World War I. Wilhelm II. was born on the 27t...
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30.11.1999 - A contemporary photograph of Prussian general and military leader (Battle of Tannenberg 1914) Erich Ludendorff, who effectively decided together with Paul von Hindenburg about Germ...
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30.11.1999 - The last emperor of Austria on a contemporary photograph. He was emperor of Austria from 1916 until he resigned on the 11th of November in 1918. He was banned to Madeira, where he...
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30.11.1999 - Prussian general Earl Helmuth von Moltke on a contemporary portrait. He was chief of the general staff until Erich von Falkenhayn took over the position after the Battle of the Mar...
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01.01.2003 - Portrait of the Austrian-Hungarian military leader Moritz Freiherr von Auffenberg von Komarow (1852-1928).
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14.04.2006 - Contemporary picture of the British soldier and commander Sir Douglas Haig, 1. Earl Haig (1861-1928). After the First World War in 1919 Haig was raised as Earl Haig, Viscount Dawic...
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09.04.2003 - Undated photograph of the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I (1830-1916). He was also king of Hungary.
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01.01.2000 - The undated photography shows French politician Raymond Poincare (1860-1934). He was president of France from 1913 to 1920.
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09.04.2003 - Undated photograph of the French marshal Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929). He was marshal during the First World War. Over the years of his military career he was appointed marshal of Fr...
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01.12.2000 - Sir Douglas Haig inspecting the Guard of Honour for Marshal Foch of ¿C¿ Company, 6th Gordon Highlanders at Iwuy, November 1918 / Mono Print
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01.01.2000 - WW1, Erster Weltkrieg/ Czar of Russia, Nicholas II and the Grand Duke Nicholas. Russian Federation
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01.01.2000 - WW1, Erster Weltkrieg/ Hon. David Lloyd George inspecting the Guard of Honour of Cheshire Regiment, Birkenhead, 7th September, 1917. Great Britain
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01.01.2000 - WW1, Erster Weltkrieg:Generals De Castelnau, Joffre and Pau. Western Front, Feb 1915.
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01.01.2000 - WW1, Erster Weltkrieg: King George V talking to General Petain in Albert, July 1917. France
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