Largest Armies in the World 1816-2024 WW1, WW2
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Published 2024-01-25
Throughout history, nations have adjusted their military size and spending during wartime, whether through increased government allocations or drafting. This pattern is evident in conflicts like the Russo-Japanese War, American Civil War, Russian Civil War, Chinese Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War.
Join us on a journey through centuries of historical events and wars to observe the fluctuating sizes of the world's largest armies, providing insight into the changing dynamics of military forces globally.
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DISCLAIMER: This comparison is based on public data, surveys, public comments & discussions and approximate estimations that might be subjected to some degree of error.
Main conflicts:
- Crimean War (1853-1856): Military conflict involving the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Sardinia against Russia.
- World War I (1914-1918): The largest global conflict involving many nations, including the Allies and the Central Powers.
- World War II (1939-1945): An even more destructive global war involving the Allies and the Axis, spanning much of the world.
- American Civil War (1861-1865): Armed conflict between the Northern and Southern states of the United States, resulting in the abolition of slavery.
- Korean War (1950-1953): Conflict between North Korea (supported by China and the USSR) and South Korea (backed by the UN and the USA).
- Vietnam War (1955-1975): Confrontation between Communist North Vietnam and US-backed South Vietnam.
- Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905): Conflict between Russia and Japan over control of territories in East Asia.
- Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988): Prolonged conflict between Iraq and Iran that had a significant impact on the political landscape of the region.
- Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989): Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, opposed by the United States and other countries, against the mujahideen.
- Iraq War (2003-2011): Coalition invasion, including the United States and its allies, into Iraq to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein.
All Comments (21)
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War: Starts Bulgaria: Alright then
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Historical error! Canada did NOT adopt the modern maple leaf flag until 1965! Before that we had the red ensign! Same with the flag of Spain, the Spaniards used the Francoist era flag until Francisco Franco’s death in 1975! Please fix!
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Thta moment when Bavaria has more soldiers than you
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Ngl I never knew China held the top spot for the largest army in the world for so many periods of times in history, that's interesting
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Italy had a huge army ,like Italian i can say Spaghetti Army 🇮🇹😋🍝
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Nice Video, I have a Question. Wich App do you use for this kind of Videos?
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It is interesting that pretty much all major powers had almost 10 or more than 10 million soldiers and today only 2 million even though the population is significantly larger than before
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Colombia entered the top😱
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Before ww1: Usa 41 k Troops During WW1: Usa 3 million troops
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a smol kingdom in china and india had more troops than top 5 of these countries in 1800s
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Error at 0:05 Does asian empire like mughal empire ,maratha empire, sikh empire and Qing empire have army less than 15,000 they have very large armies
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No way north korea is that strong💀
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Quality > quantity Deustchland uber alles
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historical error you didnt include the russian japanese war in 1905
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Qing dynasty was insane😮😮😮😮
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Amazing, Australia with 400000 in WWI doesn’t count and with 1000000 in 1945 doesn’t make it into the top 5. Who puts these ridiculous charts together anyway?
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China: hold my ♾️phase bro.
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Where is the Algeria and the France war?
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Have Indochina?
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According to the ISW, Russia has lost half a million soldiers in their war against Ukraine.
