Understanding some statistics about WWI will help students better remember how impactful it was.
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Financial Cost of WW1
Central Powers$60,643,160,000
Allied Causalities by Country
UnitedStates
GreatBritain
France
=100,000 Casualties
Bloodiest: Battle of The Somme
350,000+
465,000
Everyone underestimated how long and costly the would would be. As the war progressed, the Allied Powers outspent the Central Powers. By the end of the war, the Allies spent $125 billion compared to the $60 billion of the Central Powers.
Allied Powers$125,690,477,000
A casualty of war is a person who is killed or injured in the war effort. Russia suffered the heaviest losses with over 2.5 million casualties, where the United States suffered around 116,000.
Russia
The Battle of The Somme was one of the largest battles in WW1 and is one of the bloodiest in history. From July-Nov of 1916, over one million casualties occurred throughout the battle. Over 3 million soldiers took part.