CASUALTIES and COSTS
These figures vary from book to book, but this will give the reader and idea of numbers and dollars involved.
Estimated cost of WWI in U.S.Dollars:
Russia $30,000,000,000
Britain 56,000,000,000
France 32,000,000,000
United States 40,000,000,000
Italy 12,000,000,000
Rumania 3,000,000,000
Serbia 3,000,000,000
Germany 45,000,000,000
Austria-Hungary 25,000,000,000
Turkey 5,000,000,000
Bulgaria 2,000,000,000
Total cost of World War One is estimated at $249,000,000,000
The cost in MEN:
POW
Mobilized DEAD Wounded Missing TOTAL
U.S. 4,272,521 67,813 192,483 14,363 274,659
*England 7,500,000 692,065 2,037,325 360,367 3,089,757
France 7,500,000 1,385,300 2,675,000 446,300 4,506,600
Italy 5,500,000 460,000 947,000 1,393,000 2,800,000
Belgium 267,000 20,000 60,000 10,000 90,000
Russia 12,000,000 1,700,000 4,950,000 2,500,000 9,500,000
Japan 800,000 300 907 3 1,210
Rumania 750,000 200,000 120,000 80,000 400,000
Serbia 707,343 322,000 28,000 100,000 450,000
Montenegro 50,000 3,000 10,000 7,000 20,000
Greece 230,000 15,000 40,000 45,000 100,000
Portugal 100,000 4,000 15,000 200 10,000
Total 39,676,864 4,869,478 11,075,715 4,956,233 20,892,226
CENTRAL POWERS
Germany 11,000,000 1,611,104 3,683,143 772,522 6,066,769
Austria- 6,500,000 800,000 3,200,000 1,211,000 5,211,000
Hungary
Bulgaria 400,000 201,224 152,399 10,825 264,448
Turkey 1,600,000 300,000 570,000 130,000 1,000,000
Total 19,500,000 2,912,328 7,605,542 2,124,347 12,542,217
Grand Total 59,176,864 7,176,806 18,681,257 7,080,580 33,434,443
*Canada sent approximately 800,000 men overseas, sustained
220,182 casualties: 60,383 dead, 155,790 wounded, 4,000 missing/prisoners. Australia sent 336,000 men overseas, sustained 290,191 casualties: 54,431 dead, 156,000 wounded 3,401 prisoners/missing.
Now one can see why WWII was slow to evolve. No one in the World wanted another war, thus Hitler was able to rise to power unchallenged until it was too late to stop his war machine from starting a Second World War.
The Race with the Hun
The first half of 1918 was a race between Germany trying to defeat France and England before America could rescue them. The following is a summary of that race which America (to Europe’s relief) won. It is safe to say that without America’s help, Europe would have been a different world today.
1917 Ships Sailed U.S.Troops Transported
May 5 1,543
June 18 15,091
July 15 12,876
August 17 19,403
September 27 33,588
October 24 40,027
November 19 23,722
December 25 48,815
1918
January 26 48,055
February 22 49,239
March 45 85,710
April 63 120,072
May 141 247,714
June 128 280,434
July 147 311,359
August 140 286,375
September 129 259,670
October 127 184,063
to Nov 11 24 12,124
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Total 2,079,880
Of these troops, 52% were carried by British ships but nearly 83% were escorted through submarine zones by U.S. Naval vessels. The U.S.Navy operated the transports which carried 44% of men. The remainder of the escorts were supplied by the British.