Interesting Facts
· During the summer and fall of 1914 the French lost as many men as the U.S would lose in the 20th century.
· For every hour during the war 230 soldiers were killed for the four and a quarter years the war ran for.
· On the Italian Alpine Front 50 000 soldiers were killed by avalanches while 60 000 froze to death.
· Due to the Great War 11% of France’s population were either killed or wounded
· Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of England were all first cousins-grandchildren of Queen Victoria of England.
· First time that American Soldiers had to take an IQ test to enlist
· First use of flame thrower in battle
· One in five Australian and New Zealand soldiers who left to fight in World War 1 did not return
· Germany suffered the most casualties
· 24 separate countries were involved sometime throughout the Great War
· In the First World War Pope John XXIII served as a Sergeant in the Italian army
· When Russia first entered the war they didn’t have enough rifles for all their men so some had to wait for comrades to fall before being able to claim a rifle
· The Christians and Jews of the Ottoman Empire could avoid military service by paying a tax to the government
· Independent republics were formed from World War 1 which included Austria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, and Turkey.
· First known use of chemical weapons such as mustard gas
Allies Military dead:
5,525,000
Military wounded:
12,831,500
Military missing:
4,121,000
Total:
22,477,500
Central Powers Military dead:
4,386,000
Military wounded:
8,388,000
Military missing:
3,629,000
Total:
16,403,000
· For every hour during the war 230 soldiers were killed for the four and a quarter years the war ran for.
· On the Italian Alpine Front 50 000 soldiers were killed by avalanches while 60 000 froze to death.
· Due to the Great War 11% of France’s population were either killed or wounded
· Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of England were all first cousins-grandchildren of Queen Victoria of England.
· First time that American Soldiers had to take an IQ test to enlist
· First use of flame thrower in battle
· One in five Australian and New Zealand soldiers who left to fight in World War 1 did not return
· Germany suffered the most casualties
· 24 separate countries were involved sometime throughout the Great War
· In the First World War Pope John XXIII served as a Sergeant in the Italian army
· When Russia first entered the war they didn’t have enough rifles for all their men so some had to wait for comrades to fall before being able to claim a rifle
· The Christians and Jews of the Ottoman Empire could avoid military service by paying a tax to the government
· Independent republics were formed from World War 1 which included Austria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, and Turkey.
· First known use of chemical weapons such as mustard gas
Allies Military dead:
5,525,000
Military wounded:
12,831,500
Military missing:
4,121,000
Total:
22,477,500
Central Powers Military dead:
4,386,000
Military wounded:
8,388,000
Military missing:
3,629,000
Total:
16,403,000