Long
Term Causes of the First World War
The Spark:
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Schlieffen Plan
Reactions to the outbreak
of war
The British Expeditionary Force
Interactive Timeline
of the First World War
Simulation:
The Western Front
Statistics relating to the
First World War
The First World War and the
role of women
War Poetry
Life in the Trenches
Coastal Bombardments
Zeppelin Raids
The Battle of the Somme |
Statistics
Military might
in1914
| Nation |
Number
of aircraft |
Number
of airships (Zeppelins) |
| Austria-Hungary |
35 |
1 |
| Britain |
110 |
6 |
| France |
160 |
4 |
| Germany |
246 |
11 |
| Russia |
300 |
11 |
|
| Nation |
Size
of army in 1914 |
Total
number of soldiers who fought during the war. |
| Austria-Hungary |
3,000,000 |
7,800,000 |
| Belgium |
117,000 |
267,000 |
| Britain |
975,000 |
8,905,000 |
| France |
4,017,000 |
8,410,000 |
| Germany |
4,500,000 |
11,000,000 |
| Italy |
1,251,000 |
5,615,000 |
| Romania |
290,000 |
750,000 |
| Russia |
5,971,000 |
12,000,000 |
| Serbia |
200,000 |
707,000 |
| Turkey |
210,000 |
2,850,000 |
| United
States |
200,000 |
4,355,000 |
Casualties
| Nation |
Total
Number of servicemen engaged in the war. |
Number
of deaths. |
Number
of soldiers wounded. |
Number
of men taken prisoner or reported missing. |
| Austria |
7800000 |
1200000 |
3620000 |
2200000 |
| Britain
(inc Empire) |
8904467 |
908371 |
2090212 |
191652 |
| France |
8410000 |
1357800 |
4266000 |
537000 |
| Germany |
11000000 |
17737000 |
4216058 |
1152800 |
| Italy |
5615000 |
650000 |
947000 |
600000 |
| Russia |
12000000 |
1700000 |
4950000 |
2500000 |
| Turkey |
2850000 |
325000 |
400000 |
250000 |
| United
States |
4355000 |
126000 |
234300 |
4500 |
|
