1 . . . . .  Still unexploded mine shaft at Messines [Yes, today]
2 . . .Officers of Gen. Pershing's staff to win Nobel Peace Prize
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Members of Central Powers
5 . . . . .  Capital ships lost by Britain and Germany at Jutland
7 . .German armies invading Northern France under Schlieffen Plan

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11 . . . . . . . Italian offensives on the Isonzo River,1915-1918
12 . .  Air Aces of all nations with more than 50 aircraft downed
23 . . . . . . . . . .Allied vessels sunk by German cruiser Emden
24 . . Nations declaring war on one or more of the Central Powers
35 . . . . . . . . . . . . Range in yards of German Flammenwerfer
38 . . . . . Length in miles of Voie Sacree, Bar le Duc to Verdun
50 . . . . . . Seconds of  machine gun fire  available to typical
                                                    fighter plane
51 . . . . . German warships scuttled at Scapa Flow, 21 June 1919
55 . . . . . . Mutineers actually executed by French Army in 1917
68 . . . . .  Average daily British advance in yards, 3rd Ypres -
                                Passchendaele, 31 July-7 Dec 1917
80 . . . . . . . . Distance fired in miles by German  Paris  guns
81 .Jastas (fighter squadrons) avail. German Air Service Mar 1918

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103 . . . . . .  German airship and bomber raids on Great Britain
120 . . American infantry regiments in action, 2nd week, Oct 1918
123 . . . . . . Zeppelin and similar airships produced by Germany
132 . . . . . .  German soldiers captured by Sgt. York 8 Oct 1918
136 . . . . . . . Russian divisions on Eastern Front, Spring 1916
174 . .  American killed in action in Northern Russia and Siberia
178 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . German U-Boats lost in action
200 . . Estimated Allied soldiers helped to escape by nurse Edith
                   Cavell before her execution by the German Army
324 . . . . . . . .British tanks  in service at Battle of Cambrai
394 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Survivors of 'Lost Battalion'
420 . .Diameter in millimeters of Ger. 'Big Bertha' siege mortars
450 . . . . . . . . .Rounds per minute fired by Lewis machine gun
452 . .Distance in miles Tipperary, Ireland to Armentiers, France
466 . . . . .  . .  Length of Western Front in miles October 1914
634 . . . . . .  . . . .Victoria Crosses awarded in the Great War
675 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allied air raids on Germany

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1,000 . Daily ave. caloric intake German adult civilians Jan 1918
2,600 . . . . . . . . . . . . Allied ships sunk by German U-Boats
3,500 . . .  Distance in miles of Lettow-Vorbeck's African 'Trek'
4,278 . . .Trains required to mobilize French Army in August 1914
5,200 . . . . .US Casualties per sq. mile, Belleau Wood June 1918
5,400 . . . . .  Sopwith Camel fighter planes produced by Britain
8,237 . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Tanks produced by all combatants
13042 . . . . . . . .Code identifying group on Zimmerman Telegram

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16,500 . . . Distance in yards of initial opening fire at Jutland
17,000 . . . . . . . . . . .  75-mm field guns produced by France
56,000 . . . . . . . . Mines laid by US Navy in North Sea barrage
58,000 . . . . Estimated British casualties, 1st day on the Somme
75,000 . . . . . . . .Japanese troops deployed to Siberia in 1918

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100,000 . . . Size of German Army allowed under Versailles Treaty
116,000 . . . . . . . . . . .American military killed, all causes
275,000 . . . . . . . . . . .Italian prisoners taken at Caporetto
325,000 . . . . . . . . .Turkish military killed in the Great War
460,000 . . . . . . . . .Italian military killed in the Great War
529,808 . . . . . . . . British and Commonwealth military killed:
                                     neither identified nor found
584,996 . . . . . . . . British and Commonwealth military killed:
                                            identified and buried

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1,200,000 . . . Austro-Hungarian military killed in the Great War
1,385,000 . . . . . . . . French military killed in the Great War
1,700,000 . . . . . . . .Russian military killed in the Great War
1,808,000 . . . . . . . . German military killed in the Great War
7,000,000 . . . Estimated combatants maimed for life, all nations
8,000,000 . . . Est. civilians killed in Great War: Non-influenza
8,300,000 . . . . . . .  Estimated combatants killed, all nations

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19,536,000 . . . . . . .  Estimated wounded soldiers, all nations
21,500,000 . . . . Min. deaths in 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic
32,000,000 . Estimated artillery shells fired in Battle of Verdun
61,526,000 .  Soldiers mobilized by all belligerents in Great War

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23,000,000,000 . Reparations demanded by Allied Powers in dollars
82,400,000,000 . .Direct Cost of war to belligerents-1913 dollars





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