Military and Civilian Casualties in World War 1

Entente Powers
Population (million)
Mobilised soldiers
Dead soldiers
Civilian casualties
Total number of dead
Great Britain and Ireland
46.1
6,100,000
750,000
600,000
1,350,000
Belgium
7.6
292,000
38,000
50,000
88,000
France
39.0
8,100,000
1,327,000
600,000
1,927,000
Greece
4.9
449,000
25,000
25,000
Italy
36.0
4,300,000
460,000
700,000?
1,160,000
Japan
53.0
30,000
1,000
1,000
Montenegro
0.2
50,000
13,000
13,000
Portugal
6.1
100,000
7,000
7,000
Romania
7.6
750,000
250,000
300,000
550,000
Russia
164
15,800,000
1,811,000 to
2,254,369
500,000
(borders from 1914)
2,311,000 to
2,754,369
Serbia
3.1
750,000
275,000
300,000
525,000
United States of America
98.8
2,100,000
117,000
117,000
Australia
4.5
349,000
61,966
61,966
New Zealand
1.1
100,000
18,052
18,052
Central Powers
Population (million)
Dead soldiers
Direct civilian casualties
Total number of dead
Austro-Hungarian Empire
52.6
1,460,000
400,000
1,860,000
Bulgaria
4.7
88,000
300,000
388,000
Germany
67.8
2,037,000
700,000
2,737,000
Turkey
17.3
325,000
2.000,000
2,325,000


Tweeter and the Monkey Man

Traveling Wilburys

Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man

Tweeter was a Boy Scout ‘fore she went to Vietnam
And found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn
They knew that they found freedom just across the Jersey line
So they hopped into a stolen car, took Highway 99

And the walls came down
All the way to hell
Never saw them when they’re standing
Never saw them when they fell

The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man
Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can
Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named Bill
She made secret calls to the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill

It was out on Thunder Road,…

It was out on Thunder Road, Tweeter at the wheel
They crashed into paradise, they could hear them tires squeal
The undercover cop pulled up and said “Everyone of you is a liar
If you don’t surrender now it’s gonna go down to the wire”

And the walls came down
All the way to hell
Never saw them when they’re standing
Never saw them when they fell

An ambulance rolled up, a state-trooper close behind
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind
The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree
Near the souvenir stand, by the old abandoned factory

Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit
He was taking the whole thing personal, he didn’t care about the loot
Jan had told him many times, “It was you to me who taught
In Jersey anything’s legal as long as you don’t get caught”

And the walls came down
All the way to hell
Never saw them when they’re standing
Never saw them when they fell

Some place by Rahwey Prison they ran out of gas
The undercover cop had cornered them, said
“Boy, you didn’t think this could last?”
Jan jumped out of bed, said, “There’s someplace I gotta go”
She took the gun out of the drawer, said, “It’s best that you don’t know.”

The undercover cop was found face down in a field
The Monkey Man was on the river bridge, using Tweeter as a shield
Jan said to the Monkey Man, “I’m not fooled by Tweeter’s curl
I knew him long before he became a Jersey Girl”

And the walls came down
All the way to hell
Never saw them when they’re standing
Never saw them when they fell

Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again
I’m sitting in a gambling club called the Lion’s Den
The TV set was blown up, every bit of it is gone
Ever since the nightly news showed that the Monkey Man was on

I guess I’ll go to Florida and get myself some sun
There ain’t no more opportunity here, everything’s been done
Sometimes I think of Tweeter, sometimes I think of Jan
Sometimes I don’t think about nothing but the Monkey Man

And the walls came down
All the way to hell
Never saw them when they’re standing
Never saw them when they fell

And the walls came down
All the way to hell
Never saw them when they’re standing
Never saw them when they fell

 

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