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.
Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Being very poor at name recall under pressure my first answer was “That dude who got shot by that other dude”
Tsar Nicholas II
Woodrow Wilson, Harry Truman, “Black Jack” Pershing.
For me it was the Kaiser.
15,486,140
The minimum number of deaths attributed to the war.
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.
I liked that post.
Archduke Ferdinand.
Without looking, that was my answer. Archduke Ferdinand would probably be my second answer
Brian
Pershing was the first name that popped into my head, even though I barely know who he was.
Now that’s some ballsy Godwinizing right there!
As for that Kansas City haberdasher…
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)
“Kaiser Bill” was my first thought, followed for some reason by King George V.
That’s the one!
Whoops…I did read the post, but I must have glazed over the list of names.
The first three I thought of (which sadly took a few moments) were Ferdinand, the Kaiser, and then Audie Murphy.
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.
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.
I thought of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck.