How many soldiers fought in WW1?

Answer 1

Around 6-7 million british soldiers fought in WW1 xx

Answer 2

As with every war in history, we don't have exact numbers, but the following estimates seem to be reasonable. Altogether, approximately 65 million combatants fought in Word War 1.

Central Powers: 22,850,000

• Germany - 11,000,000
• Austria-Hungary - 7,800,000
• Ottoman Empire - 2,850,000
• Bulgaria - 1,200,000

Allied Powers: 42,632,000

• Russia - 12,000,000
• British Empire - 8,904,000
• France - 8,410,000
• Italy - 5,615,000
• United States - 4,744,000
• Japan - 800,000
• Romania - 740,000
• Serbia - 707,000
• Belgium - 267,000
• Greece - 230,000
• Portugal - 65,000
• Montenegro - 50,000

Just looking at the number of people fighting from each country doesn't necessarily give a very accurate picture of the war. For example, the United States brought nearly 5 million troops to the war, but they were in the conflict for less than a year and only sustained 320,000 casualties.

Countries that had been in the war for years and suffered casualties of millions of soldiers as well as civilians were Germany and Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France and Italy. Russia alone suffered 6,700,000 military casualties and additionally 2,000,000 dead civilians.