Saturday, February 23, 2019

February 24, 2019       Sea Day,     44/183

Had to adjust my thinking, as we lost 1 day in February, so the cruise is actually 182 days I guess?  Go figure.  If you count on the calendar, it is 183 days.  Counting on the ship's log, it is 182. 
Shall I report this a fake news, having called it 183?  Just saying..... :)

Roger gave a great talk on the Battle of Gallipoli, on the Dardanelles, between the Western allies and the Ottoman Empire, where the Turks defeated the Allies.  58,000 troops were killed in this 10 month campaign, led by incompetent generals from Britain, Australia and New Zealand.  Experience here did help the allies plan better for the D Day invasion.

WW 1 Casualties were unbelievable.  Listed below are losses as a percentage of populations of combatant countries.  Each statistic is expressed as a range, based on information from various sources.

  • Serbia: 16.67%-27.78% (750,000-1,250,000 people)
  • Ottoman Empire: 13.26%-15.36% (2,825,000-3,271,844 people)
  • Romania: 7.73%-8.88% (580,000-665,706 people)
  • France: 4.29%-4.39% (1,697,000-1,737,800 people)
  • German Empire: 3.39%-4.32% (2,198,420-2,800,720 people)
  • Austro-Hungarian Empire : 3.48%-4.05% (1,787,000-2,081,200 people)
  • Greece: 3.23%-3.67% (155,000-176,000 people)
  • Bulgaria: 3.41% (187,500 people)
  • Italy: 2.96%-3.49% (1,052,400-1,243,400 people)
  • UK: 1.79%-2.2% (826,746-1,012,075 people)
  • Belgium: 1.34%-1.95% (99,416-144,337 people)
  • Russian Empire: 1.62%-1.94% (2,840,000-3,394,369 people)
  • New Zealand: 1.52%-1.64% (16,711-18,053 people)
  • Montenegro: 0.6%-2.67% (3,000-13,325 people)
  • Portugal: 1.49% (89,222 people)
  • Australia: 1.24%-1.32% (59,330-62,081 people)
  • Canada: 0.81%-0.9% (58,639-64,997 people)
  • Newfoundland: 0.6%-0.79% (1,204-1,570 people)
  • South Africa: 0.12%-0.16% (7,121-9,592 people)
  • USA: 0.13% (117,465 people)
  • India: 0.02% (64,449-73,895 people)


2 comments:

  1. So many lost lives in WW1 and yet no one ever talks of it, just awful lost generations. My mom talked about how hard it was to get Americans to join the WW2 effort. After the loss of life in WW1 I think they just didn't have the stomach for it, till Japan attacked. There is suppose to be an excellent war museum in New Zealand, not sure where. If you end up near it, you should give it a tour. Thanks for sharing alan

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  2. Hi Howard can you edit the spelling in your post to show the name as Gallipoli? First line second paragraph.

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