World War I casualties
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| - | ''[[Krieg dem Kriege]]'' (1924, fully '''Krieg dem Kriege! Guerre à la Guerre! War against War! Oorlog aan den Oorlog!''') is a work by [[Ernst Friedrich]]. | + | The total number of [[military]] and [[civilian casualties]] in [[World War I]] was over 37 million. There were over 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded ranking it among the [[List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll|deadliest conflicts]] in human history. |
| - | It is an [[Anti-war movement|anti-war]] [[photo-book]] depicting the [[horrors of war]], known for its photos of [[war casualties]]. | + | The total number of deaths includes about 10 million [[military personnel]] and about 7 million [[civilians]]. The [[Entente Powers]] (also known as the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]]) lost about 6 million military personnel while the [[Central Powers]] lost about 4 million. At least 2 million died from diseases and 6 million went missing, presumed dead. This article lists the casualties of the belligerent powers based on official published sources. |
| + | About two-thirds of military deaths in World War I were in battle, unlike the conflicts that took place in the 19th century when the majority of deaths were due to disease. Nevertheless, disease, including the [[Spanish flu]] and deaths while held as [[prisoners of war]], still caused about one third of total military deaths for all belligerents. | ||
| - | It is also the provenance of the photo "[[The Image Of God With A Gas Mask]]"[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Buch1.gif] ("Das Ebenbild Gottes mit Gasmaske"), a photo also attributed to [[Udo Bruhn]]. | ||
| - | The photos feature captions in Dutch, English, German and French. | + | ==See also== |
| + | * [[Thankful Villages]] - villages in England and Wales which lost no men in World War I | ||
| + | * [[Turkish-Armenian War]], [[Armenian-Azerbaijani War]], and [[Georgian-Armenian War 1918]] | ||
| + | * [[World War II casualties]] | ||
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| - | :First published in Germany in 1924 as a protest against war, this collection of gruesome photographs and disgusted, sarcastic captions (in many cases, juxtaposing official slogans and rhetoric with brutal reality) will shock and dismay the reader. The images here include the dead on battlefields, destroyed buildings, starving civilians, army executions, cemeteries and, perhaps most disturbing, shots of soldiers disfigured in battle. [[Douglas Kellner|Kellner]], a University of Texas professor, provides a biographical sketch of Friedrich, who, as a socialist, refused to serve in World War I, was placed in a mental institution and eventually went to jail. After the war, he became an anarchist and pacifist and founded the Anti-War Museum in Berlin, which was shut down by the Nazis in 1933. Friedrich, who survived the Nazi era, died in 1967. | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | * [[Die Badekur der Proleten. Fast das ganze Gesicht weggeschossen]] | ||
| - | * [[War photography ]] | ||
| - | *[[War Against War]] | ||
| - | *[[World War I casualties ]] | ||
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The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was over 37 million. There were over 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.
The total number of deaths includes about 10 million military personnel and about 7 million civilians. The Entente Powers (also known as the Allies) lost about 6 million military personnel while the Central Powers lost about 4 million. At least 2 million died from diseases and 6 million went missing, presumed dead. This article lists the casualties of the belligerent powers based on official published sources. About two-thirds of military deaths in World War I were in battle, unlike the conflicts that took place in the 19th century when the majority of deaths were due to disease. Nevertheless, disease, including the Spanish flu and deaths while held as prisoners of war, still caused about one third of total military deaths for all belligerents.
See also
- Thankful Villages - villages in England and Wales which lost no men in World War I
- Turkish-Armenian War, Armenian-Azerbaijani War, and Georgian-Armenian War 1918
- World War II casualties
