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The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was over 37 million. There were over 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history. Since the number was so high and it was a World war there is no record of the first causality.
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∙ 15y agoIn Europe the first fighting between armies in World War 2 took place in Poland in 1939, in the Far East in 1937 in China.
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∙ 11y agoThe training battleship Schleswig Holstein fired on the Polish Westerplatte, a military base, which started WWII.
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Why were soldiers sometimes shot at dawn?
In ww1, soldiers were shot at dawn for suffering from shell shock and for desertion. They shot these soldiers so that other soldiers weren't encouraged to be a coward.
How many people died from barbed wire in ww1?
about 1/5 of all the men involved in ww1 who died was killed by berbed wire(not being able to cross and get shot)
Name 2 military advances first used during WW1?
Two military advances first used during WW1 were weapons and tactics.
Why didn't Hitler get shot during WW1 when he was in the army?
He was lucky enough not to get shot by the enemy and well-behaved enough not to get shot by his own country. Ummmm not really. he was a great person until years after WWI. Everything in his life was good and he was a WWI Hero
Anything about Hitler's army life?
In WW1 Hitler was shot on his horse in no-man's land and got sent back to Germany to recover.
How do you not get shot in WW1?
by not getting shot
How were soldiers in WW1 disiplined?
they were shot in the foot. they were shot in the foot.
What was it like to get shot in WW1?
The same as it was to be shot in every war in our History.PAINFULL.
How did they first dig the trenches in ww1 without getting shot?
I'm asuming it was a combination of luck and both sides digging at the same time.
Does Adolph Hitler lost his testis?
One of them was shot off in WW1
Who shot down 40 Japanese planes in ww1?
I've checked and rechecked my books on WW1 pilots and can find no Central power pilot who shot down 1 Japanese plane, let alone 40. Evidently during WW1 the Germans had only 1 airplane posted in Asia, so no pilot shot down 40 Japanese during the war.
Would soldiers in ww1 have right to disobey?
no, they had to obey what they were told or theyd be shot
What did they do to stop the enemy from the trenches in ww1?
They shot at them, used barbed Wires and lines.
Why were soldiers sometimes shot at dawn?
In ww1, soldiers were shot at dawn for suffering from shell shock and for desertion. They shot these soldiers so that other soldiers weren't encouraged to be a coward.
How many people died from barbed wire in ww1?
about 1/5 of all the men involved in ww1 who died was killed by berbed wire(not being able to cross and get shot)
What was first used as a weapon in world war 1?
The first weapon was a grenade aimed at the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Bosnia. It did miss so another man shot him to death. This caused a crisis which begun WW1.
Which Canadian pilot shot down 72 planes in ww1?
William Avery Bishop (Billy Bishop)
