Three World War Statistics Compared, Part 5
While it hasn't been an easy task, we have summarized the significant facts of all Three World Wars in one table. It's impossible to have 100% accurate figures since many sources have slightly differing details of significant facts, and some facts are just simply not known. Where there has been discrepancy, we have made best estimates and assumptions, in the interests of comparative studies. Any omissions are unintentional, and you are encouraged to contact us with relevant links where information should be updated or corrected.
We've listed Start Dates, End Dates, Durations, Number of Casualties, Countries Involved and Names of Leaders Involved for World War 1, World War 2 and World War 3.
We have also tabled the commonly believed Cause of World War 1 and World War 2, as well as our carefully researched Planned Cause of each war, assuming that each war has been planned. (See our discussion of the difference between Accidental and Conspiratorial History).
Seeing all relevant statistics on one page will really open your eyes to how much destruction and human lives have been lost in the quest for the New World Order. A staggering 70 million people have officially lost their lives as a result of World Wars, although I believe this figure is in fact significantly higher. How many more are planned to be destroyed in the coming World War 3?
Table Comparing Statistics for World War 1, 2 and 3
World War 1
World War 2
World War 3
WW1 Started July 28, 1914
WW2 Started September 1, 1939. 20 years, 9 months and 21 days after the end of WWI.
WW3 Started March 20, 2003, exactly 555 days after September 11, 2001 attacks on the WTC. 57 years, 6 months and 18 days after the end of WWII.
Commonly Believed Cause of WW1
Strong feelings of nationalism throughout Europe prior to The Great War created an atmosphere in Europe which made war a likelihood. The spark which ignited the flame and transformed these underlying problems into a frenzy of hostilities happened on June 28, 1914, when Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian student, Gavrilo Princip, while visiting Serbia.
Austro-Hungary presented an ultimatum of thirty demands to Serbia and 48 hours were allotted for their answering. Serbia agreed to all but one: Austrian investigation of the assassination plot.
As a result, Austro-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia (who had allied with Serbia). Two days later, Germany declared war on France and swept its armies through Belgium, violating its neutrality. Because of this, England declared war on Germany. Austro-Hungary declared war on England. And thus started WWI.
Commonly Believed Cause of WW2
Three years of mounting international tension - encompassing the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's occupation of the Sudetenland and the invasion of Czechoslovakia - provided the setting for a likely world war.
In March, 1939, Hitler demanded that Poland allow Germany to annex the Nazi-dominated free city of Danzig, and that Germany be given control over a 25-mile wide strip of land between Germany and East Germany, created by the Versailles Treaty to give Poland access to the Baltic Sea. Attempts by the Allies to persuade Hitler to negotiate with the Poles were unsuccessful. After signing the Nazi-Soviet Pact, which safeguarded his eastern border, Hitler sent his air and land forces into Poland on September 1, 1939. Warsaw and other Polish cities were bombed.
Britain and France declared war on Germany (September 3) when Germany ignored their demands to cease its attack and withdraw.
Commonly Believed Cause of WW3
In his State of the Union address and other speeches, President Bush attempted to articulate the reasons for going to war with Iraq and ousting Saddam Hussein. Essentially the three main objectives: (1) to eliminate Saddam's weapons of mass destruction (WMD); (2) to diminish the threat of international terrorism; and (3) to promote democracy in Iraq and surrounding areas.
However, many believed the war was the administration's goal of preventing OPEC's use of the Euro as an oil transaction currency standard. In order to pre-empt OPEC, the U.S. needed to gain geo-strategic control of Iraq along with its 2nd largest proven oil reserves.
Many claimed the war was illegal (didn't obtain UN sanction) and still others state the war was about gaining control of valuable Iraqi oil resources.
The Real Cause of WW1
According to Albert Pike, the First World War was designed to enable the Czarist Government in Russia to be finally and completely overthrown and replaced with a new atheist, Communist government.
History records that this First World War did indeed occur as predicted. The Western powers in Europe, in conjunction with the United States, financed Lenin's expedition into Russia, and financed his government consistently. The US has financed Russian Communism at least once per decade since then.
A little closer to home: In 1909, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was tasked to answer the following question posed by the U.S. government: "If it is desirable to alter the lives of an entire nation, is there any means more efficient than war?" After a year of research, the answer came back: "There are no known means more efficient than war, assuming the objective is altering the life of an entire nation."
And for what reason would anyone want to alter the lives of an entire nation?
Historian Walter Mills wrote the following about the purpose of the war and about Colonel House's basic intent: "The Colonel's sole justification for preparing such a batch of blood for his countrymen was his hope of establishing a new world order, [a world government] of peace and security...."
The Real Cause of WW2
The Second World War was foreseen to originate between Great Britain and Germany. However, one of the planned results of this war was to strengthen the new Communist Russian government, so that it could weaken and destroy other governments and religions.
History again records that the Second World War did indeed accomplish this objective. The war started when Germany invaded Poland, causing Great Britain to declare war on Germany. Very soon, the troika (3's) of powers were set up to wage this war. Germany, Italy and Japan vs. Great Britain, United States and Russia.
The Pike vision of the Second World War building Russian Communism into a super power was fulfilled to a startling degree. Historians have always been mystified as to how Churchill and Roosevelt could have given away all of Eastern Europe to the Soviets, when the preponderance of power was clearly against the Soviets. Clearly, when Roosevelt and Churchill ceded all of Eastern Europe to Russia, the Communist Government of Russia, completed its transition to a super power, exactly as Pike's vision had foretold.
The Real Cause of WW3
The Third World War was foreseen to be between Judaism and Islam. This prediction is incredible in many ways, beginning with the understanding that this prediction of a third world war occurred in 1870, a time when Israel did not exist as a nation, and when no one believed it would ever exist again.
The vision predicted that out of the smoke and destruction of this World War, a new leader will stride triumphantly, to put an end to the War, and to finally give the embattled world "Peace and Safety."
Interestingly, to back up this prediction, a report was released in December 1996 by The U.S. House of Representatives' Task Force On Terrorism And Unconventional Warfare. It was entitled, 'Approaching the New Cycle of Arab-Israeli Fighting.' In brief, the report tells us that such nations as Syria, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Egypt are planning and building for a final, devastating war of annihilation against Israel. This includes acquiring nuclear, biological and chemical weapons (NBC) in a mix with conventional weapons, e.g. tanks, aircraft, and soldiers, all in massive, overwhelming numbers." [P. 43]
WW1 Ended 11:00 November 11, 1918
WW2 Ended September 2, 1945
WW3 Ended Only time will tell...
Duration of WW1
4 years, 3 months and 14 days
Duration of WW2
6 years and 1 day
Duration of WW3
Only time will tell...
Casualties in WW1 Germany 1,800,000 Soviet Union 1,700,000 France 1,385,000 Austria 1,200,000 Great Britain 947,000 Japan 800,000 Romania 750,000 Serbia 708,000 Italy 460,000 Turkey 325,000 Belgium 267,000 Greece 230,000 USA 137,000 Portugal 100,000 Bulgaria 88,000 Montenegro 50,000 TOTAL 10,947,000
Casualties in WW2 Soviet Union 25,568,000 China 11,324,000 Germany 7,060,000 Poland 6,850,000 Japan 1,806,000 Yugoslavia 1,700,000 Rumania 985,000 France 810,000 USA 495,000 Austria 480,000 Italy 410,000 Great Britain 388,000 Holland 250,000 Belgium 85,000 Finland 79,000 Canada 42,000 India 36,000 Australia 29,000 Albania 28,000 Spain 22,000 Bulgaria 21,000 New Zealand 12,000 Norway 10,000 South Africa 9,000 Luxembourg 5,000 Denmark 4,000 TOTAL 58,508,000
Casualties in WW3
If the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001 is considered the trigger required to start World War 3, a total of 3,000 should be added to the figures below.
Source: http://www.september11victims.com
The death count (of mainly Iraqi civilians) so far, updated daily.
Source: http://www.iraqbodycount.org.
Get the latest allied fatality count since the invasion of Baghdad here (845 as of April 30, 2004).
Financial Cost of WW1
$196.5 billion (adjusted for 1990 dollar values)
Source: http://www.cwc.lsu.edu Financial Cost of WW2
$2,091.3 billion (adjusted for 1990 dollar values)
Source: http://www.cwc.lsu.edu
Financial Cost of WW3
Some sources estimate it at $100 billion.
Source: http://www.taxpayer.net
Countries Involved in WW1
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
India
Italy
Japan
Montenegro
New Zealand
Poland
Portugal
Rhodesia
Romania
Russia
Serbia
South Africa
Turkey
United States
Countries Involved in WW2
Albania
Algeria
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Borneo
Bulgaria
Burma
Canada
Ceylon
Chile
China
Congo
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Greece
Grenada
Gilbert Islands
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea
Malaya
Malta
Marshall Islands
Morocco
Netherlands
New Guinea
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Sicily
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Soviet Union
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
United States
Vietnam
Yugoslavia
Countries Involved in WW3
So far, including suggested benefit:
Albania: hopes to join NATO.
Australia: reinforcing ties with U.S.
Bahrain: cementing security ties with U.S.
Bulgaria: pending NATO membership.
Croatia: hopes to join NATO.
Editor's note: Croatia joined NATO.
Czech Republic: reinforcing ties with US.
Denmark: reinforcing ties with U.S. and NATO.
Egypt: extra U.S. aid.
Estonia: pending NATO membership.
Great Britain: No immediate benefit, but part of a long running doctrine that the interests of the UK are best served by maintaining a 'special relationship' with the U.S.
Hungary: strengthening ties with U.S.
Italy: strengthening ties with U.S.
Jordan: military and economic aid.
Kuwait: strengthening security ties with U.S.
Latvia: pending NATO membership.
Lithuania: pending NATO membership.
Macedonia: hopes to join NATO.
Oman: regional security.
Poland: Will Poland's president be NATO's next Secretary-General?
Portugal: strengthening ties with U.S.
Qatar: strengthening ties with U.S.
Romania: strengthening ties with US.
Saudi Arabia: strengthening ties between Saudi security forces and the U.S.
Slovenia: pending NATO membership.
Slovakia: pending NATO membership.
Spain: strengthening ties with U.S.
Editor's note: Spain has since removed its troups from Iraq due to tragedy perpetuated upon it.
Turkey: position has never been clear, and £9.4bn in aid now in doubt.
United Arab Emirates: regional security United States: leading the fight against 'axis of evil'
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Countries critical of Iraq War:
Canada, France, Germany, Russia (were all banned from bidding for reconstruction programs in Iraq), Chile, New Zealand, Syria.
Leaders Involved in WW1
Alexandre Millerand, Andrew Bonar Law, Antonio Salandra, Aristide Briand, Arthur Balfour, Arthur Henderson, Arthur Ponsonby, Benito Mussolini, Charles Trevelyan, David Lloyd George, Dragutin Dimitrijevic, E. D. Morel, Edouard Daladier, Edouard Herriot, Edouard Vaillant, Eduard Benes, Edward House, Eleftherios Venizelos, Frederick Smith, Gaston Doumergue, George Barnes, George Lansbury, Georges Clemenceau, Giacomo Matteotti, Giovanni Giolitti, Henry Cabot Lodge, Herbert Asquith, Herbert Samuel, James Keir Hardie, James Thomas, Jan Smuts, Jean Jaurs, John Burns, John Morley, Joseph Caillaux, Joseph Clynes, Jules Guesde, King Albert I, King Carol, King Ferdinand, King Peter, Leon Blum, Leon Trotsky, Louis Botha, Louis Malvy, Newton Baker, Nikola Pasic, Paul Painleve, Philip Snowden, Pierre Laval, Radomir Putnik, Ramsay MacDonald, Raymond Poincare, Rene Viviani, Richard Haldane, Robert Borden, Robert Lansing, Sir Edward Grey, Theodore Roosevelt, Tomas Masaryk, Tsar Nicholas II, Victor Emmanuel III, Vittorio Orlando, Vladimir Lenin, W. M. Hughes, Walter Lippmann, Weetman Pearson, Wilfred Laurier, Will Crooks, William Joynson-Hicks, William Massey, William Taft, William Wedgwood Benn, Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson.
Leaders Involved in WW2
Adolf Hitler, Albert Lebrun, Andrei Vyshinsky, Antonio Gramsci, Antonio Salazar, Archibald MacLeish, Benito Mussolini, Carl Mannerheim, Chaim Weizmann, Chaing Kai-Shek, Charles De Gaulle, Clement Attlee, Constantin von Neurath, Drazha Mihailovic, Edouard Daladier, Emperor Hirohito, Engelbert Dollfuss, Farouk I, Francesco Nitti, Francisco Franco, Francois Mitterrand, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franz Epp, Franz von Papen, Fumimaro Kondoye, Galaezzo Ciano, George II of Greece, George Mandel, Georgy Malenkov, Harold Macmillan, Harry Hopkins, Harry S. Truman, Heinrich Himmler, Henri Giraud, Herman Ehrhardt, Hermann Goering, Hideki Tojo, Invanoe Bonomi, John Anderson, John Foster Dulles, John J. McCloy, Joseph Goebbels, Joseph Stalin, Josip Tito, Kantaro Suzuki, Karl Doenitz, Kiichiro Hiranuma, Kimmochi Saionju, Lord Halifax, Lord Woolton, Matyas Rakos, Maurice Thorez, Menachem Begin, Moshe Dayan, Naruhiko Higashikuni, Neville Chamberlain, Nikita Khrushchev, Nikolai Bulganin, Pius XI, Pius XII, Queen Wilhelmina, Reinhard Heydrich, Rudolf Hess, Samuel Hoare, Sepp Dietrich, Shigenori Togo, Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, Victor Emmanuel III, Vittorio Orlando, Vyacheslav Molotov, Winston Churchill, Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Yosuke Matsuoka.
Leaders Involved in WW3
Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair
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