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Born April 8, 1875 • Brussels • Belgium
Died February 17, 1934 (aged 58) • Belgium
Title / Office king (1909-1934), Belgium
Role In First Battle of Ypres • World War I

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Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch
marshal of France
Joseph-Jacques-Césaire Joffre
Joseph-Jacques-Césaire Joffre
French general
Erich von Falkenhayn
Erich von Falkenhayn
German general
Sir George Arthur French
British soldier
Kemal Atatürk
Kemal Atatürk
president of Turkey
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph
emperor of Austria-Hungary
George S. Patton
George Patton
United States general
Jan Smuts.
Jan Smuts
South African statesman
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
German general
John J. Pershing
John J. Pershing
United States general
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
German president
William Mitchell
William Mitchell
United States Army general
Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain
French general
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
British field marshal
Louis Botha
Louis Botha
prime minister of Union of South Africa
Walton H. Walker
American military officer
Karl Otto Koch
German Nazi commandant
Sir Ian Hamilton
Sir Ian Hamilton
British general
Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth von Moltke
German military commander [1848–1916]
Sir Douglas Haig
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
British military leader

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Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.
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American infantry streaming through the captured town of Varennes, France, 1918.This place fell into the hands of the Americans on the first day of the Franco-American assault upon the Argonne-Champagne line. (World War I)
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