| Historians collude with political leaders—to maintain and perpetuate this delusion. |
German Casualties of the First World War
Source: Whalen, Robert (1984). Bitter Wounds: German Victims of the Great War: 1914-1939. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
| Dead |
2,037,000 |
| Wounded |
4,300,000 |
| Missing or Prisoner |
974,977 |
| TOTAL |
7,311,977 |
THE ACTUALITY:
Warfare Produces Devastating, Monumental Loss |
According to the official Army Medical Report, the estimated
numbers of cases treated by doctors during the war were:
|
Wounded |
Diseased |
Total |
| 1914/15 |
1,579,023 |
4,513,215 |
6,092,238 |
| 1915/16 |
1,398,281 |
5,706,370 |
7,104,651 |
| 1916/17 |
1,303,322 |
5,491,044 |
6,794,366 |
| 1917/18 |
1,406,311 |
5,787,674 |
7,193,985 |
| 1914-1918 |
5,686,937 |
21,498,303 |
27,185,240 |
533,000 widows and 1,192,000 orphans. |