Western Civilization II / Unit 14 WC2 1324 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Twenty Million Dead, and Shell Shock
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The idea
The anchor counts over twenty million dead; the witness has more than eight and a half million soldiers dead and twenty-one million wounded. Germany lost one point eight million, the anchor says. Shell shock, diagnosed early and dismissed as hysteria, brought no disability pension.
In practice
Northeastern France and Belgium reduced to mud.
Where people slip
Figures differ by source and definition; both are attributed.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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