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The casualties listed by modern borders are also included in the above table of figures for the countries that existed in 1914. The casualty figures by 1924 post war borders are rough estimates by Russian historian Vadim Erlikman in a 2004 handbook of human losses in the 20th century, the sources of his figures were published in the Soviet era ...
Bubble chart of wars with over 1.5 million deaths. [246] Combatant deaths in conventional wars, 1800-2011. [247] Seven deadliest wars after 1900. The length of each spiral segment is proportional to the war's duration and its area size to its death toll.
280,120 Soviet casualties; German casualties unknown Battle of Aachen: 1944: World War II: 21,000: Gothic Line offensive 1944-1945 World War II: 92,000: Battle of Hürtgen Forest: 1944 –1945 World War II: 63,000 [143] Courland Pocket: 1944 –1945 World War II: 278,819: Battle of Leyte Gulf: 1944: World War II: 12,000 killed [144] Battle of ...
Self-made with figures from World War I Casualties Originally created by User:Dna-Dennis, and released into the public domain. User:Wereon created the vectorization (svg) of the original png-version. User:Dna-Dennis updated it October 16, 2007, changing colors and adding shades to give the chart a more subtle feel than the png-version. Author
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."
Media in category "World War I casualties" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Tintenzeichnung mit Kriegsgraebern.obverse.01.jpg 593 × 418; 159 KB
Military units and formations of World War I by country (20 C) + Allies of World War I (4 C, 15 P) A. Albania in World War I (3 C, 9 P) Argentina in World War I (5 P)
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] The word casualty has been used in a military context since at least 1513. [3]