Presidents of the United States
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
World War Two
This George Orwell book criticized the Soviet Union and its structure, but wouldn't be released until after World War Two due to the American alliance with the USSR
Animal Farm
This was the leader of the "Red Movement" which was initially centered around Petrograd, which would later be renamed after him
Vladimir Lenin
This President was a founding father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, and became the third president following Aaron Burr's close loss in the election of 1800
Thomas Jefferson
This President reinstituted Federal Income Tax, segregated the federal government, and instituted the modern form of interventionism we use to this day, named after him
Woodrow Wilson
This war last from 1955 to 1975, though the United States really got involved in the mid-1960s
The Vietnam War
George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia and Peter Kemp's Mine Were of Trouble both take place in this inter-war conflict which took place 1936-1939
The Spanish Civil War
This Bolshevik (Red) robbed banks, openly killed people in the streets, and was known for his paranoia and "loyalty" to the Bolshevik cause
Joseph Stalin
This Prohibition-Era President was known for being "silent" rarely speaking in public and granted U.S. citizenship to native americans
Calvin "Silent Cal" Coolidge
This President was Abraham Lincoln's predecessor, fumbling the slavery issue and remaining in inaction during the secession crisis leading up to Lincoln's inauguration.
James Buchanan
This war is known as the "Forgotten War"
The Korean War
The historical fiction novel: All Quiet on the Western Front is often compared to this historical non-fiction book by Ernst Junger
Storm of Steel
This Bolshevik initially pledged his allegiance to the Mensheviks causing him to be distanced from the Bolshevik party later on, led the Soviet Red Army in the Civil War and blundered the First Soviet Invasion of Poland (1919-1920), these factors, among others, would make him fall out of favor with the rest of the party and eventually was assassinated by ice pick to the back of the skull in 1940
Leon Trotsky
This Russian White General led the Caucasus front centered around the Don-Kuban region
Anton Denikin
This President served the shortest of all the presidents, only serving just over one month before dying to Typhoid or some other disease in April of 1841
William Henry Harrison
This war was fought on American soil and ended in the American expansion westward to the west coast
Mexican-American War
Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace takes place during this 19th century conflict
The Crimean War
This former Russian Admiral led the Siberian White Movement against the Reds
Alexander Kolchak
This event would spark the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, ramping up American involvement in the Vietnam War
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
This U.S. President was widely loved during his tenure before his death in office revealed his many money making schemes and his "Ohio Gang"
William McKinley
The 369th an ethnically African-American regiment, fought brutally with valor and devotion on the western front of the First World War, this was their nickname
"Harlem Hellfighters"
This 19th century American poet wrote "Paul Revere's Ride" had constant tragedies strike him, including the deaths of both his first and second wife. He advocated for the abolition of slavery, and passed away in 1882
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This man led the Ukrainian Black Army, a movement to make Ukraine into an anarchist society centered around Anarcho-Communism
Nestor Mahkno
This War was fought between the United States and a group of north African pirates in the early 1800s under President Jefferson's Administration
The Barbary Pirate War