A GRIM COMPARISON
By way of comparison in the price the world had to pay for the' 1914- { 18 war, it is interesting to note that Germany from a population of 70 - " 000,000, mobilised 13,500,000, sustained seven million casualties and suffered two million deaths. ' France from a population of 38,000,000 mobilised 8 000,000. sustained 5,000,000 casualties and suffered 1,500,000 deaths. ' " ' Great Britain and Empire from a population of 60,000 000 mobilised?- * 9,500,000, sustained 3,000,000 casualties and suffered one million deaths* J, lii n
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 98, 16 August 1945, Page 5
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