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*Warfare is not the 'breakdown' of civilization, as some would have it, actually precisely the opposite: An affirmation of civilization: the moment at which the human being expresses his or her devotion to the nation, demonstrating willingness to die and kill in the name of a sacred realm transcending ordinary human existence."
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First World War Casualties
| Country |
Men mobilized |
Killed |
Wounded |
POW’s + missing |
Total casualties |
casualties in % of men mobilized |
| Russia |
12 mill |
1.7 mill |
4.9 mill |
2.5 mill |
9.15 mill |
76.3 |
| France |
8.4 mill |
1.3 mill |
4.2 mill |
537,000 |
6.1 mill |
73.3 |
| GB + Empire |
8.9 mill |
908,000 |
2 mill |
191,000 |
3.1 mill |
35.8 |
| Italy |
5.5 mill |
650,000 |
947,000 |
600,000 |
2.1 mill |
39 |
| USA |
4.3 mill |
126,000 |
234,000 |
4,500 |
350,000 |
8 |
| Japan |
800,000 |
300 |
900 |
3 |
1210 |
0.2 |
| Romania |
750,000 |
335,000 |
120,000 |
80,000 |
535,000 |
71 |
| Serbia |
700,000 |
45,000 |
133,000 |
153,000 |
331,000 |
47 |
| Belgium |
267,000 |
13,800 |
45,000 |
34,500 |
93,000 |
35 |
| Greece |
230,000 |
5000 |
21,000 |
1000 |
27,000 |
12 |
| Portugal |
100,000 |
7222 |
13,700 |
12,000 |
33,000 |
33 |
| Total Allies |
42 mill |
5 mill |
13 mill |
4 mill |
22 mill |
52% |
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| Germany |
11 mill |
1.7 mill |
4.2 mill |
1.1 mill |
7.1 mill |
65 |
| Austria |
7.8 mill |
1.2 mill |
3.6 mill |
2.2 mill |
7 mill |
90 |
| Turkey |
2.8 mill |
325,000 |
400,000 |
250,000 |
975,000 |
34 |
| Bulgaria |
1.2 mill |
87,000 |
152,000 |
27,000 |
266,000 |
22 |
| Total Central Powers |
22.8 mill |
3.3 mill |
8.3 mill |
3.6 mill |
15 mill |
67 |
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| Grand Total |
65 mill |
8.5 mill |
21 mill |
7.7 mill |
37 mill |
57% |
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