{"id":13248,"date":"2015-01-05T21:56:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T20:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=13248"},"modified":"2020-06-07T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T15:49:38","slug":"world-war-i-casualties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=13248","title":{"rendered":"World War I casualties"},"content":{"rendered":"

World War One or WWI Casualty and Death Tables<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One way to understand the violence and slaughter that occurred in the Great War is to examine the number of casualties and deaths. The Exact figures are still in dispute, because of different definitions used each category, the questionable accuracy of the recording system used and the loss or destruction of a number of official documents. The data in the tables below reflect numbers from several sources and are consistent with most experts’ current estimates.<\/p>\n

Country-Russia<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces-12,000,000
\nKilled-1,700,000
\nWounded-4,950,000
\nPrisoners and Missing-2,500,000
\nTotal Casualties-9,150,000
\nCasualties as % of Forces-76.3<\/p>\n

Country-British Empire<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces-8,904,467
\nKilled-908,371
\nWounded-2,090,212
\nPrisoners and Missing-191,652
\nTotal Casualties-3,190,235
\nCasualties as % of Forces-35.8<\/p>\n

Country-France<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces-8,410,000
\nKilled-1,357,800
\nWounded-4,266,000
\nPrisoners and Missing-537,000
\nTotal Casualties-6,160,800
\nCasualties as % of Forces-73.3<\/p>\n

Country-Italy<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces-5,615,000
\nKilled-650,000
\nWounded-947,000
\nPrisoners and Missing-600,000
\nTotal Casualties-2,197,000
\nCasualties as % of Forces-39.1<\/p>\n

Country-United States<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces-4,355,000
\nKilled-116,516
\nWounded-204,002
\nPrisoners and Missing-4,500
\nTotal Casualties-323,018
\nCasualties as % of Forces-7.1<\/p>\n

Country-Japan<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces-800,000
\nKilled-300
\nWounded-907
\nPrisoners and Missing-3
\nTotal Casualties-1,210
\nCasualties as % of Forces-0.2<\/p>\n

Country-Romania<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces-750,000
\nKilled-335,706
\nWounded-120,000
\nPrisoners and Missing-80,000
\nTotal Casualties-535,706
\nCasualties as % of Forces-71.4<\/p>\n

Country-Serbia<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces-707,343
\nKilled-45,000
\nWounded-133,148
\nPrisoners and Missing-152,958
\nTotal Casualties-331,106
\nCasualties as % of Forces-46.8<\/p>\n

Country-Belgium<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces-267,000
\nKilled-13,716
\nWounded-44,686
\nPrisoners and Missing-34,659
\nTotal Casualties-93,061
\nCasualties as % of Forces-34.9<\/p>\n

Country-Greece<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces- 230,000
\nKilled-5,000
\nWounded-21,000
\nPrisoners and Missing-1,000
\nTotal Casualties-27,000
\nCasualties as % of Forces-11.7<\/p>\n

Country-Portugal<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces-100,000
\nKilled-7,222
\nWounded-13,751
\nPrisoners and Missing-12,318
\nTotal Casualties-33,291
\nCasualties as % of Forces-33.3<\/p>\n

Country-Montenegro<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces-50,000
\nKilled-3,000
\nWounded-10,000
\nPrisoners and Missing-7,000
\nTotal Casualties-20,000
\nCasualties as % of Forces-40.0
\nTOTAL 42,188,810 5,142,631 12,800,706 4,121,090 22,062,427 52.3<\/p>\n

ALLIED AND ASSOCIATED POWERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Country-Germany<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces- 11,000,000
\nKilled-1,773,700
\nWounded-4,216,058
\nPrisoners and Missing-1,152,800
\nTotal Casualties-7,142,558
\nCasualties as % of Forces-64.9<\/p>\n

Austria-Hungary<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces- 7,800,000
\nKilled-1,200,000
\nWounded-3,620,000
\nPrisoners and Missing-2,200,000
\nTotal Casualties-7,020,000
\nCasualties as % of Forces-90.0<\/p>\n

Country-Turkey<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces- 2,850,000
\nKilled-325,000
\nWounded-400,000
\nPrisoners and Missing-250,000
\nTotal Casualties-975,000
\nCasualties as % of Forces-34.2<\/p>\n

Country-Bulgaria<\/strong>
\nTotal Mobilized Forces- 1,200,000
\nKilled-87,500
\nWounded-152,390
\nPrisoners and Missing-27,029
\nTotal Casualties-266,919
\nCasualties as % of Forces-22.2
\nTOTAL 22,850,000 3,386,200 8,388,448 3,629,829 15,404,477 67.4
\nGRAND TOTAL 65,038,810 8,528,831 21,189,154 7,750,919 37,466,904 57.5<\/p>\n

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