Statistics Of World War 1
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World War I (1914-1918)
Lesson Plans by Matt Campbell
World War I, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict that included most of Europe along with parts of Asia, the Middle East, and the United States. As tensions had been brewing throughout Europe in the early parts of the 20th century, the spark that ignited World War I was lit in Bosnia with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Learn more with Storyboard That.
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Understanding some statistics about WWI will help students better remember how impactful it was.
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- Allied Causalities by Country
- =100,000 Casualties
- GreatBritain
- France
- UnitedStates
- Russia
- A casualty of war is a person who is killed or injured in the war effort. Russia suffered the heaviest losses with over 2.5 million casualties, where the United States suffered around 116,000.
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- Bloodiest:Battle of The Somme
- 465,000
- 350,000+
- 204,253
- 24,029
- The Battle of The Somme was one of the largest battles in WW1 and is one of the bloodiest in history. From July-Nov of 1916, over one million casualties occurred throughout the battle. Over 3 million soldiers took part.
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- Financial Cost of WW1
- Central Powers$60,643,160,000
- Allied Powers$125,690,477,000
- Everyone underestimated how long and costly the would would be. As the war progressed, the Allied Powers outspent the Central Powers. By the end of the war, the Allies spent $125 billion compared to the $60 billion of the Central Powers.
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