Military historians estimate that around 850 million artillery shells were fired during the World War I.
The killing in this mass war was industrialized: the hail of bullets and the fire of machine guns took the lives of up to 11 million soldiers.
The warring nations conscripted a combined total of nearly 56 million recruits.
On average 6,000 soldiers died each day of the war.
In addition, over 21 million soldiers were wounded — they lost parts of their bodies, were paralyzed or bedridden, had to have amputations, or ended up blind or deaf.
The killing in this mass war was industrialized: the hail of bullets and the fire of machine guns took the lives of up to 11 million soldiers.
The warring nations conscripted a combined total of nearly 56 million recruits.
On average 6,000 soldiers died each day of the war.
In addition, over 21 million soldiers were wounded — they lost parts of their bodies, were paralyzed or bedridden, had to have amputations, or ended up blind or deaf.
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