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The number of World War I casualties (military and civilian) was over 37 million - over 15 million deaths and 22 million wounded. This includes almost 9 million military deaths and about 6.6 million civilian deaths. The Allied Powers lost more than 5 million soldiers and the Central Powers more than 3 million. '''Note that Casualty Numbers Are Much Debated '''.




DEBATED NUMBERS

''The sources for the numbers used in this article are listed Below .''

Estimates for World War I casualty numbers vary to great extents, and they are often stated without any citations. Furthermore, estimates may include part of the Russian Civil War and Armenian Genocide , and it is debated to which degree - or if at all - these events should be included.

Please also note that many of the civilian deaths were due to the outbreak of the Spanish Flu or related to Famine .


CASUALTIES BY COUNTRY

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The main source used for military deaths & wounded (unless stated otherwise in the footnotes below) is:
  • Everett, Susan, ''History of World War I'', (page 248), Bison Books, 1980.


The main source used for civilian deaths (unless stated otherwise in the footnotes below) is:
  • Tucker, Spencer C. ''The European Powers in the First World War: An Encyclopedia'', Garland Publishing, New York, 1996.



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REFERENCES

  • Everett, Susan, ''History of World War I'', (page 248), Bison Books, 1980

  • Nicolson, Colin, ''The Longman Companion to the First World War'', Longman 2001, ISBN 0582289831

  • Bird, Will R., ''The Communication Trench, Anecdotes & Statistics from The Great War 1914-1918''

  • Tucker, Spencer C. ''The European Powers in the First World War: An Encyclopedia'', Garland Publishing, New York, 1996

  • Hirschfeld, Gerhard (Ed.), ''Enzyklopaedie Erster Weltkrieg'', Paderborn, 2004 (esp. article "Kriegsverluste" by Ruediger Overmans)

  • Urlanis, Boris, ''Wars and Population'', 1971

  • Urlanis, Boris, ''Bilanz der Kriege'', Berlin, 1965.

  • Heeres-Sanitaetsinspektion im Reichskriegsministerium, ''Sanitaetsbericht ueber das deutsche Heer, deutsches Feld- und Besatzungsheer, im Weltkriege 1914-1918'', Volume 3, 1934



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