Online College and University Degree Guide
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No-one would have dared to predict the
casualties of World War One. When World War One was
declared there were street celebrations in most of Europe's capital cities.
No-one even envisaged trench warfare in August 1914 let
alone the appalling casualties that occurred over 4 years of fighting. In August
1914, Ypres remained a fine example of a medieval city.
By 1918, it lay in ruins and the surrounding land had witnessed death by the
tens of thousands. The Somme and Verdun
witnessed appalling slaughter. No-one could have predicted the horrifying consequences of
modern weaponry being used together with out-of-date tactics. The grim figures
'speak' for themselves.
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Country |
Men mobilised |
Killed |
Wounded |
POW’s + missing |
Total casualties |
casualties in % of men mobilised |
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Russia |
12 million |
1.7mill |
4.9mill |
2.5mill |
9.15mill |
76.3 |
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France |
8.4 mill |
1.3mill |
4.2mill |
537,000 |
6.1mill |
73.3 |
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GB + Empire |
8.9mill |
908,000 |
2mill |
191,000 |
3.1mill |
35.8 |
|
Italy |
5.5mill |
650,000 |
947,000 |
600,000 |
2.1mill |
39 |
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USA |
4.3mill |
126,000 |
234,000 |
4,500 |
350,000 |
8 |
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Japan |
800,000 |
300 |
900 |
3 |
1210 |
0.2 |
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Romania |
750,000 |
335,000 |
120,000 |
80,000 |
535,000 |
71 |
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Serbia |
700,000 |
45,000 |
133,000 |
153,000 |
331,000 |
47 |
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Belgium |
267,000 |
13,800 |
45,000 |
34,500 |
93,000 |
35 |
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Greece |
230,000 |
5000 |
21,000 |
1000 |
27,000 |
12 |
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Portugal |
100,000 |
7222 |
13,700 |
12,000 |
33,000 |
33 |
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Total Allies |
42million |
5 million |
13million |
4 million |
22million |
52% |
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Germany |
11million |
1.7million |
4.2million |
1.1million |
7.1million |
65 |
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Austria |
7.8million |
1.2million |
3.6million |
2.2million |
7 million |
90 |
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Turkey |
2.8million |
325,000 |
400,000 |
250,000 |
975,000 |
34 |
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Bulgaria |
1.2million |
87,000 |
152,000 |
27,000 |
266,000 |
22 |
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Total
Central Powers |
22.8mill |
3.3million |
8.3million |
3.6million |
15 million |
67 |
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Grand Total |
65 million |
8.5mill |
21million |
7.7mill |
37million |
57% |
Please note that the figures are rounded up and the total
per section (such as killed, wounded etc.) will not necessarily equal the total
figure.
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