JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post World War I Photography series
I'm not sure at what point during the War this image was made (though I suspect it was midway through the American experience) and shows what I think is the enlistment and draft numbers for U.S. soldiers. The progress of the growth of the Army is charted against German cities that were to be conquered or had already been engaged. The Doughboy in the graphic along with everything else looks clean and hopeful and determined--the end result of all of this determination was Victory and Defeat and people dead everywhere.
| accuracy of the recording system used and the loss or destruction of a number of official documents. The data in the tables below reflect numbers from several sources and are consistant with most experts' current estimates. | ||||||
| Country | Total Mobilized Forces | Killed | Wounded | Prisoners and Missing | Total Casualties | Casualties as % of Forces |
| ALLIED AND ASSOCIATED POWERS | ||||||
| Russia | 12,000,000 | 1,700,000 | 4,950,000 | 2,500,000 | 9,150,000 | 76.3 |
| British Empire | 8,904,467 | 908,371 | 2,090,212 | 191,652 | 3,190,235 | 35.8 |
| France | 8,410,000 | 1,357,800 | 4,266,000 | 537,000 | 6,160,800 | 73.3 |
| Italy | 5,615,000 | 650,000 | 947,000 | 600,000 | 2,197,000 | 39.1 |
| United States | 4,355,000 | 116,516 | 204,002 | 4,500 | 323,018 | 7.1 |
| Japan | 800,000 | 300 | 907 | 3 | 1,210 | 0.2 |
| Romania | 750,000 | 335,706 | 120,000 | 80,000 | 535,706 | 71.4 |
| Serbia | 707,343 | 45,000 | 133,148 | 152,958 | 331,106 | 46.8 |
| Belgium | 267,000 | 13,716 | 44,686 | 34,659 | 93,061 | 34.9 |
| Greece | 230,000 | 5,000 | 21,000 | 1,000 | 27,000 | 11.7 |
| Portugal | 100,000 | 7,222 | 13,751 | 12,318 | 33,291 | 33.3 |
| Montenegro | 50,000 | 3,000 | 10,000 | 7,000 | 20,000 | 40.0 |
| TOTAL | 42,188,810 | 5,142,631 | 12,800,706 | 4,121,090 | 22,062,427 | 52.3 |
| ALLIED AND ASSOCIATED POWERS | ||||||
| Germany | 11,000,000 | 1,773,700 | 4,216,058 | 1,152,800 | 7,142,558 | 64.9 |
| Austria-Hungary | 7,800,000 | 1,200,000 | 3,620,000 | 2,200,000 | 7,020,000 | 90.0 |
| Turkey | 2,850,000 | 325,000 | 400,000 | 250,000 | 975,000 | 34.2 |
| Bulgaria | 1,200,000 | 87,500 | 152,390 | 27,029 | 266,919 | 22.2 |
| TOTAL | 22,850,000 | 3,386,200 | 8,388,448 | 3,629,829 | 15,404,477 | 67.4 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 65,038,810 | 8,528,831 | 21,189,154 | 7,750,919 | 37,466,904 | 57.5 |
  |
|||||
| War | Number Serving | Battle Deaths | Disease & Accidents | Wounded | Total Casualties |
| Revolutionary War | NA | 4,435 | NA | 6,188 | NA |
| War of 1812 | 286,730 | 2,260 | NA | 4,505 | NA |
| Mexican War | 78,718 | 1,733 | 11,550 | 4,152 | 17,435 |
| Civil War | 2,213,363 | 140,414 | 224,097 | 281,881 | 646,392 |
| Spanish-American War | 306,760 | 385 | 2,061 | 1,662 | 4,108 |
| World War I | 4,743,826 | 53,513 | 63,195 | 204,002 | 320,710* |
| World War II | 16,353,659 | 292,131 | 115,185 | 670,846 | 1,078,162 |
| Korean War | 5,764,143 | 33,651 | NA | 103,284 | NA |
| Vietnam War | 8,744,000 | 47,369 | 10,799 | 153,303 | 211,147 |
| Persian Gulf War | 467,539 | 148 | 145 | 467 | 760 |
| NA = Not available | |||||
Comments