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Lt Col John McCrae


   

World War One – Statistics

 

The First World War, also known as the “Great War” or the “War to End All Wars,” was global war.

  • Battles were fought in the trenches using machine guns, poisonous gas and tanks
  • Battles were fought at sea and coastal towns were shelled by German warships
  • Planes were used for battle and for positioning and reporting on the enemy
  • Battles were fought by air with many air raids by German Zeppelins
  • Civilian workers produced weapons, munitions, equipment and supplies for the troops
  • Medical personal ministered to the hundreds of thousands of wounded, maimed and sick

Allied Countries - Losses:

Military Casualties:

5.7 million

Civilian Casualties:

3.67 million

Military Wounded:

12.8 million

Allied Countries Involved in WWI

Great Britain

Canada

United States

Australia

New Zealand

Russia

France

Greece

India

Italy

Serbia

South Africa

**NOTE: Romania, Belgium, Montenegro and Portugal were “Neutral Countries” also caught up in the conflict.
Central Powers - Losses:                

Military Casualties:

4.02 million

Civilian Casualties:

5.2 million

Military Wounded:

8.42 million

Central Powers Countries Involved in WWI

Germany

Bulgaria

Austria-Hungary

Ottoman (Turkey) Empire

Global WWI Losses:

Military Casualties:

9,720,450

Civilian Casualties:

8,865,650

Military Wounded:

19,769,102

Battles were on the Western Front in Europe plus in Italy, Gallipoli, Greece, the Balkan Peninsula, Africa, the Middle East, and the Falkland Islands, to name only a few.

Military Firsts of WWI:

Trench Warfare
Airships & Planes
Tanks, Trucks & Submarines
Wireless Communication (Telegraph)
Machine Guns & Long Range Artillery
Chemical Warfare (poisonous gas) & Flame Throwers

Estimated Cost of WWI
(for each of the major countries involved)

Country

Troops Deployed

Killed

Wounded

War Cost in Dollars

Germany

11,000,000

1,773,700

4,216,058

$37,775,000,000

Russia

12,000,000

1,700,000

4,950,000

$22,293,950,000

Great Britain

8,905,000

908.371

2,090,212

$35,334,012,000

United States

4,355,000

126,000

264,000

$22,625,253,000

France

8,410,000

1,357,800

4,266,000

$24,262,583,000

Belgium

267,000

13,716

44,686

$1,154,468,000

Canada

619,500

66,655

172,950

$1,665,576,000

Allied Powers

42,188,810

5,152,115

12,831,000

$125,690,477,000

 

 

 

 

 

Central Powers

22,850,000

3,386,200

8,388,448

$60,643,160,000

                       

 

Troops Deployed

Killed

Wounded

War Cost in Dollars

Sub Total

65,038,810

8,538,315

21,219,448

$186,333,637,000

 

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