Source Book for Bible Students

Peace Preliminaries

Armistice for thirty days, asked for by the Germans and granted by the Allies, became effective at 11 o’clock, a. m., Paris time, Nov. 11, 1918. SBBS 580.2

Dec. 14, 1918, the armistice was renewed at the request of the Germans, until 5 o’clock a. m., Jan. 17, 1919.—United States Government Official Bulletin. SBBS 580.3

War, Casualties of the Nations.—In this table, showing the men in arms, the lives lost, and the total casualties of the leading nations involved in the war, the list of killed follows, in general, figures gathered by the New York Evening Post. The other lists follow the compilation of a writer in the New York Tribune, and both lists have been corrected by official reports issued since the original estimates were made. All the totals, except those of the United States, Great Britain, Italy, and Germany, are unofficial: SBBS 581.1

			Total
	Men in Arms	Lives Lost	Casualties
United States	3,764,700	58,478	262,723
Great Britain	7,500,000	658,665	3,049,991
France	6,000,000	1,100,000	4,000,000
Italy	5,000,000	500,000	2,000,000
Russia	14,000,000	3,500,000	5,000,000
Belgium	350,000	50,000	300,000
Serbia	300,000	150,000	200,000
Rumania	600,000	200,000	300,000
Germany	11,000,000	1,580,000	4,000,000
Austria-Hungary	7,500,000	2,000,000	4,500,000
Turkey	1,500,000	250,000	750,000
Bulgaria	1,000,000	50,000	200,000
Totals	58,514,700	10,097,143	24,562,714

-Literary Digest, Dec. 7, 1918. SBBS 581.2