1.
WWI began July 28th, 1914. Imperialism, Nationalism, militarism, and
alliances played major roles in starting the war and during the war.The assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian Nationalist organization set the war off. The combatants were The Allies: United
Kingdom, France, Russian Empire, United States, Japan (eventually) and the
Central powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
2.
The US got involved in WWI on April 6th,
1917. They joined the Allies in the war because the Germans had attacked a British ship
called the Lusitania with 128 Americans aboard.
3.
Population (millions)
|
Military deaths
|
Direct civilian deaths (military action)
|
Excess civilian deaths (famine, disease &
accidents)
|
Total deaths
|
Deaths as % of population
|
Military wounded
|
|
45.4
|
886,939
|
2,000
|
107,000
|
995,939
|
2.19%
|
1,663,435
|
|
Sub-total for British Empire
|
-
|
1,115,597
|
2,000
|
109,000
|
1,226,597
|
-
|
2,090,212
|
7.4
|
58,637
|
7,000
|
55,000
|
120,637
|
1.63%
|
44,686
|
|
39.6
|
1,397,800
|
40,000
|
260,000
|
1,697,800
|
4.29%
|
4,266,000
|
|
4.8
|
26,000
|
150,000
|
176,000
|
3.67%
|
21,000
|
||
35.6
|
651,000
|
4,000
|
585,000
|
1,240,000
|
3.48%
|
953,886
|
|
53.6
|
415
|
415
|
0%
|
907
|
|||
0.3
|
See footnote
|
||||||
0.5
|
3,000
|
3,000
|
0.6%
|
10,000
|
|||
6.0
|
7,222
|
82,000
|
89,222
|
1.49%
|
13,751
|
||
7.5
|
250,000
|
120,000
|
330,000
|
700,000
|
9.33%
|
120,000
|
|
175.1
|
1,811,000 to
2,254,369 |
500,000
(1914 borders) |
1,000,000
(1914 borders) |
3,311,000 to
3,754,369 |
1.89% to 2.14%
|
3,749,000 to
4,950,000 |
|
4.5
|
275,000
|
150,000
|
300,000
|
725,000
|
16.11%
|
133,148
|
|
92.0
|
116,708
|
757
|
117,465
|
0.13%
|
205,690
|
||
Total (Entente Powers)
|
800.4
|
5,712,379
|
823,757
|
2,871,000
|
9,407,136
|
1.19%
|
12,809,280
|
Population (millions)
|
Military deaths
|
Direct civilian deaths (military action)
|
Excess civilian deaths (famine, disease &
accidents)
|
Total deaths
|
Deaths as % of population
|
Military wounded
|
|
51.4
|
1,100,000
|
120,000
|
347,000
|
1,567,000
|
3.05%
|
3,620,000
|
|
5.5
|
87,500
|
100,000
|
187,500
|
3.41%
|
152,390
|
||
64.9
|
2,050,897
|
1,000
|
425,000
|
2,476,897
|
3.82%
|
4,247,143
|
|
21.3
|
771,844
|
2,150,000
|
2,921,000
|
13.72%
|
400,000
|
||
Total (Central Powers)
|
143.1
|
4,010,241
|
121,000
|
3,022,000
|
7,153,241
|
5%
|
8,419,533
|
Grand total
|
954.2
|
9,722,620
|
948,248
|
5,893,000
|
16,563,868
|
1.75%
|
21,228,813
|
4.
WWI ended on June 28, 1919 with the treaty of Versailles.
I used Wikipedia and pbs.org
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