An Italian general who narrowly escaped the blame for the disaster at Caporetto in 1917, Pietro Badoglio would later become Mussolini’s favorite general before being appointed by the King to replace the Duce.

The infamous mystic who gained the confidence of the Tsar during the last years of Imperial Russia started life as a Siberian peasant before finding religion and becoming a wandering preacher. These wanderings would lead him into the heart of Russian Imperial power, and the empire to destruction.

Originally known as Prince Albert, King George VI had reluctantly taken the British Throne after the death of his father and the abdication of his older brother. Despite this, his leadership would restore the public’s faith in the monarchy, and see Britain through the maelstrom of the Second World War.

The second and last Kaiser of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Karl I inherited a shaky multiethnic state in the midst of the Great War that it had started. Despite his efforts, the Empire would disintegrate in 1918, and the fallen Emperor would end his days soon after in exile after failing to regain his throne.

The second President of Czechoslovakia was influential in the independence of his country from the Hapsburg Empire, and would later preside over the dismemberment of it at the hands of the Germans. After painstakingly rebuilding Czechoslovakia during and after the war, he would be sidelined again by the communists, leaving a troubled legacy.

Often considered one of the greatest villians in the history of Mexico, General Victoriano Huerta toppled the newly established democratic government of Francisco Madero in 1913 and established a dictatorship until he was ousted by rebellion just over a year later.