Archduke Francis Ferdinand was an important person to this time period because his assassination was a cause for the beginning of World War I. His assassination shows how nationalism was so large at that time and that nationalism at its extreme is why this world war started. Ferdinand symbolizes the start of World War I and nationalism so therefor he was an important person of that time period.
President Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson was an important person to this time period because he had good intentions during the war and he waited until the right time to enter the United States in the war. Wilson had a large impact on the Treaty of Versailles becuase of his idealistic views and his goal to achieve lasting peace, also known as his Fourteen Points. He was one of the Big Four that were at the meeting at Versailles and responsible for helping to write this treaty.
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Marshal Ferdinand Foch was an important person to this time period because he was the supreme commander of the Allied Armies and general in the French Army. He stopped the advance of the German forces during the great push of Spring 1918 at the Second Battle of Marne in July 1918, and made the counter-attack that turned the tide of the war. Marshal Foch also had a major role at the Paris Peace Conference.
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