Country reasoning

Context

The German Empire entered into the First World War both to satisfy its treaty obligations to Austria-Hungary who had earlier declared war, and also to satisfy its view of Lebensraum, or land, feeling that it was encircled by allied, and potentially hostile to Germany, countries.
German military planning, which ultimatly failed, emphasized rapid victory in the west before turning east to minimize a two front war.

Rationale used for numbers used on the war statistics page

Measure	Selected value	Selected source	Rationale
Population (baseline)	64,900,000	ww1-source-book The World War One Source Book

What sources report

Military deaths

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	2,037,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Mobilized / served

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	13,400,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Population (baseline)

CWVMP uses: 64,900,000 from ww1-source-book

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	67,000,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum
ww1-source-book The World War One Source Book Philip J. Haythornthwaite • Arms and Armour, London • 1993 medium	64,900,000	—	—
wikipedia-ww1 World War I casualties 2026 medium	64,900,000	—	— Source link (accessed 2026-02-01)

POW

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	993,800	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Wounded

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	5,687,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

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Germany — WW1