# Name a figure associated with World War I **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 27, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802 "2016-05-27T11:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/41 "2016-05-27T20:31:39Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > I liked that post a lot. Very thoughtful. > > Of course, it got swept up in the vast impersonal name-dropping thread. Well, it was about as appropriately located as a lumberjack at a dendrophilia convention. I have no freaking clue why I thought it a good idea to post that here. Just… very strange. Maybe I’m drunk. Or having a stroke. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/42 "2016-05-27T20:40:31Z")
Kaiser Wilhelm II. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/43 "2016-05-27T20:49:44Z")
Being very poor at name recall under pressure my first answer was “That dude who got shot by that other dude” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/44 "2016-05-27T20:54:23Z")
Tsar Nicholas II ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/45 "2016-05-27T20:57:22Z")
Woodrow Wilson, Harry Truman, “Black Jack” Pershing. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/46 "2016-05-27T21:46:03Z")
For me it was the Kaiser. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/47 "2016-05-27T21:51:20Z")
15,486,140 The minimum number of deaths attributed to the war. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/48 "2016-05-27T22:23:21Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Being very poor at name recall under pressure my first answer was “That dude who got shot by that other dude” That would be my Family Feud answer because I doubt many people could answer names. My answer would be Count Schlieffen and General Moltke, which is why I would never win at FF. > [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Nah, I’m just yanking your chain. I don’t blame anyone for not reading that particular post. 😉 I liked that post. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/49 "2016-05-27T22:45:53Z")
Archduke Ferdinand. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/50 "2016-05-27T23:35:14Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron. Without looking, that was my answer. Archduke Ferdinand would probably be my second answer Brian ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/51 "2016-05-27T23:38:03Z")
Pershing was the first name that popped into my head, even though I barely know who he was. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/52 "2016-05-27T23:43:45Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > …Harry Truman and a lot of others. You also have to include most of the Nazi leadership in the list as well. … Now that’s some ballsy Godwinizing right there! As for that Kansas City haberdasher… ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/53 "2016-05-27T23:52:43Z")
My top four, in the order I thought of them: John Pershing Manfred von Richtofen Woodrow Wilson Marshal Foch (his first name was Ferdinand, but I had to look that up) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/54 "2016-05-28T00:38:19Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Manfred and Lothar von Richthofen, Pershing, Harry Truman and a lot of others. You also have to include most of the Nazi leadership in the list as well. Throw in maybe Hemingway and Faulkner as well. I recall there was a reasonably famous poet but the name escapes me at the moment. [Joyce Kilmer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Kilmer)? “Kaiser Bill” was my first thought, followed for some reason by King George V. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/55 "2016-05-28T01:53:21Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > [Joyce Kilmer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Kilmer)? That’s the one! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/56 "2016-05-28T02:02:41Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Hey! > > What am I, chopped liver? > > Nah, I’m just yanking your chain. I don’t blame anyone for not reading that particular post. 😉 Whoops…I did read the post, but I must have glazed over the list of names. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/57 "2016-05-28T02:14:20Z")
The first three I thought of (which sadly took a few moments) were Ferdinand, the Kaiser, and then Audie Murphy. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/58 "2016-05-28T11:41:13Z")
Hindenburg took on the role of Hitler. There were monuments to HIM … his face was there around Germany like Hitler’s. During the WW I , he was overly confident about being able to win, and encouraged taking on battles that they could win ,to the east, though of little value to the war effort , which required battles be won in the west. If he wasn’t there , the truth about the futility of the war would have been more widely accepted. Later in WW I, Hindenberg was the CEO of the military, and it was his advice that was listened to. If he said a diplomat was understating the probabality of Central powers win , the diplomat was sacked. In 1918 he forced the Emperor to abdicate. In the 1920’s he became President, beating Hitler at the polls - showing that he could sway the people even when he was such a loser at war. In 1934 , he thanked Hitler for his efforts as Chancellor, but dies later that year. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/59 "2016-05-28T11:56:57Z")
> [@Pixel\_Dent](#): > > First that came to mind was T. E. Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia Me, too. Yes, I know the larger history & can name the Big Names. But I’ve got a literary bent. Next, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves, Ford Madox Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/60 "2016-05-28T12:50:16Z")
I thought of [Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_von_Lettow-Vorbeck). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802.md?page=4)