Serbian losses in World War I

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Serbian losses in World War I발음듣기

In the last video, we talked about how the Serbians were able to hold back the Austro-Hungarians at the beginning of World War I.발음듣기

But eventually they had to give in.발음듣기

They were essentially - They couldn't hold up against the combined forces of the Bulgarians, the Austro-Hungarians, and the Germans.발음듣기

And they were able to roll through in 1915.발음듣기

And then we have to wait until 1918 for the Allies to essentially recapture Serbia.발음듣기

Now what is noteworthy - There are many noteworthy things in World War I.발음듣기

And, obviously, we can't cover all of them. is just what a [devastating] loss World War I was to the Serbian people.발음듣기

Just as a little bit of context - [Serbia was a] very small country.발음듣기

We're talking 4.5 million people, as we enter into World War I, with a reasonably [large army].발음듣기

I guess, relative to the size of the country, it was a decent-sized army.발음듣기

But with an army on the order of - we're talking on the order of 400,000 soldiers.발음듣기

And this was pretty much [everyone].발음듣기

Everyone in the country who could be in the army was, essentially, in the army.발음듣기

Over the course of the Serbian campaign, and the Macedonian Front, you, essentially, have the Serbian army getting decimated.발음듣기

60% of the Serbian army dies.발음듣기

60% - roughly 60% of the Serbian army is killed.발음듣기

And even from a population point of view, the Serbian population is reduced by 16%.발음듣기

16% of the Serbian population - civilian and military - is dead by the end of World War I.발음듣기

So a lot of countries suffered horribly during World War I - there were many notable ones - France - the Russian Empire - We could go on and on and on.발음듣기

But it would be hard to argue that any country suffered more than what the Serbians did.발음듣기

60% of their military dead, [as well as] 16% of their [overall] population.발음듣기

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