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The Allies of world war one's millitary deaths These are estimates of the cumulative number of different personnel in uniform 1914–1918, including army, navy and auxiliary forces. At any one time, the various forces were much smaller. Only a fraction of them were frontline combat troops. The numbers do not reflect the length of time each country was involved. (See also:  World War I casualties ) Allied power Mobilized personnel Military Fatalities Wounded in action Total casualties Casualties as % of total mobilized Australia 412,953 1 61,928 (14.99%) [44] 152,171 214,099 52% Belgium 267,000 3 38,172 (14.29%)( [45] 44,686 82,858 31% Canada 628,964 1 64,944 (10.32%) [46] 149,732 214,676 34% France 8,410,000 3 1,397,800 (16.62%) [47] 4,266,000 5,663,800 67% Greece 230,000 3 26,000 (11.30%) [48] 21,000 47,000 20% India 1,440,437 1 74,187 (5.15%) [49] 69,214 143,401 10% Italy 5,615,000 3 651,010 (11.59%) [50] 953,886 1,604,896 29% Japan 800,000 3 415 (0.05%) [51] 9...

In the fall of 1918 the Great War in Europe was winding down and peace was on the horizon. The Americans had joined in the fight, bringing the Allies closer to victory against the Germans. Deep within the trenches these men lived through some of the most brutal conditions of life, which it seemed could not be any worse. Then, in pockets across the globe, something erupted that seemed as benign as the common cold. The influenza of that season, however, was far more than a cold. In the two years that this scourge ravaged the earth, a fifth of the world's population was infected. The flu was most deadly for people ages 20 to 40. This pattern of morbidity was unusual for influenza which is usually a killer of the elderly and young children. It infected 28% of all Americans (Tice). An estimated 675,000 Americans died of influenza during the pandemic, ten times as many as in the world war. Of the U.S. soldiers who died in Europe, half of them fell to the influenza virus and not to the en...

Scene one Fact: the war start on 28/jul/1914 Dear John Smith My dear friend we are off to war today Good luck my friend keep safe Kind regards Fard Pauls Transition: telegram saying the war has starter Scene two Fact: The spanish flu killed a third of all military’s death Dear John Smith We have start dead for a cold or a flu. The doctor said the flu has killed a third of everyone in the war I am still ok how are you Kind regards Fard Paul Transition:telegram saying about the Spanish flu weapons Scene three Fact: The first chemical weapons was used in world war one in august/1914 Dear John Smith The germans have start to use gases on us some of them burn and a lot kill. John this war is bad. The boy upstir are talk about doing something to stop anyone for using the gases angin they are talking about Geneva Protocol or something. Keep away for the gas. Kind regards Fard Paul Transition:telegram saying about the chemical weapons bomb Sc...

View of the Messines Ridge with the Spanbroekmolen site; the crater of the British mine fired on 7 June 1917 is in the wooded area behind the farm on the right. Spanbroekmolen is a small group of farms in  Heuvelland , a  municipality  located in the  Belgian  province of  West Flanders . The  hamlet  is sited on one of the highest points of the  Messines  Ridge, in between the villages of  Kemmel ,  Wijtschate  and  Wulvergem . History [ edit ] Spanbroekmolen was named after a windmill that stood on the site for three centuries until it was ruined by the Germans on 1 November 1914. In  World War I , the area was the site of intense and sustained fighting between  German  and  British  forces. Between 1914 and 1917, the  Western Front  ran through the area, and the original buildings were completely destroyed. Because of its strategic position on the Messines ...

Up to 20,000 dogs were trained for front-line duties during World War One, newly uncovered records have shown. The canines carried aid to the wounded, took messages between the lines and sniffed out enemy soldiers. Their roles were deemed so important that in the early months of 1917 the War Office formed the War Dog School of Instruction in Hampshire to train them. They were also used for pulling machine guns and equipment. A collection of old newspapers, which has been made available on the family history website findmypast.co.uk, reveals how the animals lived in the trenches. Many, about 7,000, had been family pets, while others were recruited from dogs' homes or came from police forces. Sentinel dogs were trained to stand quietly on the top of the trench alongside their master's gun barrel, in order to let the soldiers know if anyone attempted to approach the barbed wire. 'Heart-wrenching' One report, from the Dundee Evening Telegraph in 1916, descr...