First World War.com

Who's Who Who's Who
Updated - Tuesday, 24 January, 2006

No history of the First World War would be especially intelligible without a Who's Who gallery of its primary protagonists. This section of the website goes some way towards providing background information on the people who shaped events and perceptions.

Each biography contained within this section is assigned to one of the following sub-categories:

	Royalty (click here) Monarchs and their heirs
	Politicians (click here) Political figures who prosecuted or opposed the war
	Commanders (click here) Military leaders who oversaw battlefield strategy
	Air Aces & Commanders (click here) The new form of battle - war in the air
	Prose & Poetry (click here) Authors who wrote about the war as they saw it
	Miscellaneous (click here) Miscellaneous biographical sketches
	Also:
	A-Z Listing (click here) Complete listing of all profiles
	By Country (click here) Listing of profiles country by country

In addition to the kind of entries you would expect to see - royalty and military commanders (a role often combined in Kaiser Wilhelm II's German army) - there are listings for national politicians - and for numerous scientific and literary figures.

The folio of biographical entries listed by category in the side-bar to the right is by no means complete. Many of the chief figures are there, but it continues to grow.

A "Dixie" (from the Hindi degci) was an army cooking pot.