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Posted on 10/16/2004 10:14:43 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
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 WWI Facts  OTHER NAMES FOR THE GREAT WAR World War One The War to End All Wars The War to Make the World Safe for Democracy The War of the Nations The First World War The World War Famous Alumni of World War One Humphrey Bogart, Walt Disney, Charles DeGaulle, Ernest Hemmingway, Pope John XXIII, Lawrence of Arabia, Winston Churchill, Bella Lugosi, Fritz Kreisler, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussollini, Fiorello LaGuardia Harry Truman, King Edward VIII, General Marshall, General George Patton, General E. Rommel, G. Marconi General Douglas MacArthur, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Field Marshall Montgomery, Walter Brennan  CASUALTY FACTS During the summer and fall of 1914, France lost as many men on the battlefield as the U.S.Army would lose in all of the 20th century! Russia's losses were never actually counted. It is estimated that over 6 million Russian soldiers were killed in WWI. During World War One, 230 soldiers perished for each hour of the four and a quarter years it continued. The world's worst train accident occured in France, in December 1917 with the deaths of over 600 soldiers. There were 70,000,000 men and women in uniform of that number one-half were either killed, wounded or became prisoners of war. In Great Britian at the end of the war there were 250,000 wounded soldiers who suffered total or partial amputation. The Spanish Influenza of 1918 killed 51 million people worldwide! The U.S. was in the war in actual combat for only seven and a half months. During this time 116,000 were killed and 204,000 were wounded. In 1916 in the Italian Alps a winter avalanche killed 10,000 men. In four years of conflict on the Italian Alpine Front 50,000 soldiers killed by avalances. The Italian Front 1915-1918 was the site of the largest scale mountain warfare in history. During the course of the Great War 11% of Frances's entire population was killed or wounded. The site of the Battle of Verdun is remembered as the battlefield with the highest density of dead per square yard. The biggest naval battle in history occurred off the coast of Jutland in the afternoon of May 31, 1916. More than 200 warships and 100,000 men of the rival navies were involved. The British "Grand Fleet" lost 14 ships. The German "High Seas Fleet" lost 11 ships. Half of the dead of Great War have no known grave. The largest man made explosion occured at Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada 1917 with the collison of 2 ammo ships. The 10 month Battle of Verdun, 1916 caused over a million casualties. At the end of the war in France the 650,000 war widows became a powerful voting block . Italian Front 60,000 Alpine troops would freeze to death in the "high mountains" (Dolomiti Adamello ranges) during 3 years of war.  WORLD WAR ONE FIRSTS First war to be fought on 3 continents. First industrialized conflict. First use of chlorine & mustard gas. First use of the flame thrower. First tank battle. First use of mass airplanes. First use of x-ray in the military. First use of a blood bank. First use of guide dogs by blinded soldiers. First four-star general, General John J. Pershing First use of trillion in estimating war costs. First commissioning of war art for propaganda. First use of the IQ Test given to Doughboys of 1917. First U.S. president to visit a European country while in office was Woodrow Wilson on 12/04/18.  WORLD WAR ONE ANIMALS 1917 - "Stubby" a mutt, who wandered into the Connecticut National Armory, goes overseas with the 102nd Inf. Regiment during WW1. The dog saves his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks and locates wounded soldiers. "Stubby" was decorated for Valor by Gen. John Pershing. 1918 - "Cher Ami" a U.S. Army Singal Corps carrier pigeon is wounded during the Battle of Verdun, France. He dies of wounds in 1919 and is awarded the French Croix de Guerre. 1918 - "Rin Tin Tin" a German Shepherd dog was born in a trench in 1918 and rescued by an American Soldier. The dog became the nation's most famous dog and starred in more than 40 films. It is estimated that over 800,000 horses were killed in the line of duty with the British Forces on the Belgium Front. Over 40,000 war dogs were killed while serving with the Allied Armies. Buddy, the offspring of a war dog, is the first seeing eye dog. The Original Pooh Bear was a Canadian World War One Mascot. Rin Tin Tin ,a German Shepherd war dog, helped shape our image of dogs, as a problem solver, paved the way for Lassie and made the dog into an American Folk Hero.      |
It certainly turned on a light for us as did the early years of WWII.
Of course. We always know what you mean. With Sam's horrible typing skills we have to decipher his words sometimes also! :-)
LOL. We report and let everyone discuss. At least that way we learn you can't believe everything you read. What is that famous quote on history and who re-writes it?
Thanks Valin.
I have a couple threads coming up that mention the Victory Gardens of WWII. I hadn't realized they did the same type of things in WWI until today.
Wow. Thanks Godebert.
Why don't they just pack up and move the HQ to France where they are welcome.
It was a bright shining moment of my youth to see Corporal Rusty and the then-current Rin Tin Tin at the Ohio State Fair in the 'fifties.
In the sixties I used to hop the fence to get into the Ohio State Fair. We lived on 26th and Cleveland Ave. Not a great place then or now but the fair was a blast in those days. We couldn't afford to pay to get in back then and now you couldn't pay me to go.
Darn! Thought I found someone older than me. ;-)
It was a bright shining moment of my youth to see Corporal Rusty and the then-current Rin Tin Tin at the Ohio State Fair in the 'fifties.
Now I'm really jealous, the only thing I ever got to see in person was the Weiner Mobile.
[Lassie was played by John Edwards.]
LOL! He fits the part
Too bad the Congress of the 40's didn't have the same wisdom of the one that kept us out of The League of Nations. Maybe someday the majority in America will see the UN for the worthless, corrupt institution it is and get us out, but I'm not holding my breath.
Hay! Eye herd taht!!
LOL. If the keyboard could just keep up with your mind it would never happen.
BTTT!!!!!!!!
Check out an old grave yard sometime.
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