Title: World War I | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Headings: World War I
World War I
Key Facts
Outbreak of World War I
The Allies and Central Powers
The Scope of Fighting
Impact of US Entry into the War and the Russian Revolution
Central Powers Surrender
Armistice
Military Losses
Civilian Losses
Critical Thinking Questions

Content: On this day, the British Army on the Somme alone suffered over 57,000 casualties. Germany and Russia incurred the highest number of military deaths: an estimated 1,773,700 and 1,700,000, respectively. France lost sixteen percent of its mobilized forces, the highest mortality rate relative to troops deployed. Civilian Losses
No official agencies kept careful accounting of civilian losses during the war years, but scholars assert that as many as 13,000,000 non-combatants died as a result of hostilities, mostly from starvation, disease, military action, and massacres. Mortality for both military and civilian populations spiked at war's end with the outbreak of the "Spanish Flu," the deadliest influenza epidemic in history. Millions of people were uprooted or displaced from their homes in Europe and Asia Minor as a result of the conflict. Property and industry losses were catastrophic, especially in France and Belgium, where fighting had been the heaviest. Last Edited: Jul 25, 2019
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