s declares war on Germany. For those who understood the state of Americas war preparedness, the year would pass with the sense of a terrible race against time. With the boost in morale and fresh troops from the United States, the allies forced the Germans to sue for peace.At 6:50 a.m. on November 11, 1918, a message was sent out to all the Allied armies, whose opening words were: Hostilities will cease at 11 hours today, November 11th. Above everything there would be a reckoning of human life. The final cost of the war will never be known; it has been estimated at 12,000,000 lives. The worst casualties were suffered by Russia. 1,700,000 dead and nearly 5,000,000 wounded. The British had sustained some 350,000 casualties, 188,700 prisoners, and 2,840 guns. The remaining Allies, France, America, and Belgium, took 196,700 prisoners and 3,775 guns. The German figures are uncertain. There was about 1,808,545 dead and 4,247,143 wounded. France had a total of 1,385,300 out of 5,000,000 dead or missing. The United sates sustained 325,876 casualties; 115,660 were dead and 205,690 were wounded, and 4,526 were prisoners or missing.Before I read this book I had very little knowledge on the First World War. Now that I read this book I understand more about the allies and alliances. The book was long, but was interesting....
