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The Soviet demographer Boris Urlanis estimated that included in total German military deaths are 1,796,000 killed and died of wounds. [114] The UK War Office listed official German figures from 1919 of 720 German civilians who were killed by allied air raids. [157] The figures for civilian deaths due to the Blockade of Germany are disputed. The ...
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
It is also the deadliest campaign in the history of the United States Army, [7] resulting in over 350,000 casualties, including 28,000 German lives, 26,277 American lives and an unknown number of French lives.
Before the 1st and 2d Divisions were relieved (on 19 and 22 July respectively) they had advanced 6 to 7 miles (11 km), made Soissons untenable for the enemy, and captured 6,500 prisoners at a cost of over 10,000 American casualties.
By July, the German superiority of numbers on the Western Front had sunk to 207 divisions to 203 Allied, a negligible lead which would be reversed as more American troops arrived. [31] German manpower was exhausted. The German High Command predicted they would need 200,000 men per month to make good the losses suffered.
When the German U-boat U-20 sank the British liner Lusitania on 7 May 1915 with 128 U.S. citizens aboard, Wilson demanded an end to German attacks on passenger ships, and warned that the US would not tolerate unrestricted submarine warfare in violation of "American rights" and of "international obligations."
The number of casualties is simply the number of members of a unit who are not available for duty. For example, on March 21, 1918, during the opening day of the German spring offensive , the Germans casualties are broken down into 10,851 killed, 28,778 wounded, 300 POW or taken prisoner for a total of 39,929 casualties. [ 2 ]
Pages in category "German military personnel killed in World War I" The following 197 pages are in this category, out of 197 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .