

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 © 2008-09 Flanders Fields Music