From 1914 to 1918, the First World War broke out. From 1939 to 1945, World War II broke out. The two world wars were only two decades apart, and the heroes of the Second World War experienced the First World War when they were young. So what were the leaders of World War II doing during World War I?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > Stalin</h1>
Stalin followed Comrade Lenin in revolutionary activities against the Tsarist government during World War I. In 1916, Stalin was arrested, and the Russian government prepared to send him to the front lines of World War I as cannon fodder. However, Stalin did not pass the enlistment medical examination of the Russian army, and the Tsarist Russia exiled Stalin to Achinsk in Siberia. From then until the February Revolution, Stalin lived in desolate Siberia.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" > Roosevelt</h1>
In 1913, Roosevelt was appointed assistant secretary of the Admiralty by then-U.S. President Wilson. Roosevelt, the assistant secretary of the Admiralty, worked until 1920, after the end of World War I, when Roosevelt earned an important amount of political capital. However, because the U.S. Navy had little presence during World War I, Roosevelt basically served as a "melon eater" on the other side of the ocean during World War I.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > Churchill</h1>
Churchill rose to prominence in England very early on. In 1913, Churchill became British Secretary of State for the Navy and was one of the leading members of Britain's senior command in World War II. Churchill contributed both (such as supporting the invention of the tank) and inflicting losses during World War I (the Battle of the Dardanelles). Interestingly, as the most famous Conservative prime minister, Churchill in World War I was the Liberal Party.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > de Gaulle</h1>
In 1912, de Gaulle, a graduate of the Military Academy of Saint-Cyr, served in the 33rd Infantry Regiment of Arras, France. After the outbreak of World War I, de Gaulle fought bravely and was wounded several times. In 1916, de Gaulle was captured at the Battle of Verdun and not released until the end of World War I. Interestingly, de Gaulle was locked up in a prisoner-of-war camp with a Tsarist officer whose name was Tukhachevsky.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" > Hitler</h1>
After the outbreak of World War I, Hitler, an Austro-Hungarian, refused to fight for austria-Hungary and instead volunteered for the German Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment. Hitler was wounded several times for his heroic battles and received an Iron Cross, First Class, and an Iron Cross, Second Class. In 1918, Hitler was temporarily blinded by poison gas and remained in a military hospital until the end of World War I.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > Mussolini</h1>
In 1915, Italy officially entered World War I, and Mussolini was conscripted into the army. However, due to the Italian performance of crotch pulling, Mussolini did not perform anything. In addition, there is information that Mussolini also worked for British intelligence during World War I. In June 1917, Mussolini, who had been discharged from the army due to wounds, served as editor-in-chief of the Italian newspaper Pasée until the end of World War I.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" > Hirohito</h1>
Japan's emperor during World War I was Kahito (Emperor Taisho), while Hirohito was crown prince at the time. In 1914, when World War I broke out, Hirohito was sent to the "Togu Imperial Academy" to study, and his teacher was Togo Heihachiro, a representative figure of Japanese militarism, who was one of the main reasons for the formation of Hirohito's militaristic ideas. In 1918, after the end of World War I, Hirohito officially married.