Which country had the most soldiers during World War 1?

Answer 1

By no doubt Canada had the best army in World War 1. You may say it was the Germans but if you look back in history from 1917 onward whenever the Canadians entered the line the Germans would prepare for the worst. The Canadians were the conquerors of Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, and were the spearhead of the Allied assault in 1918. The Canadian Corps was the first to effectively use the Creeping barrage at Vimy Ridge. From the start of the final allied offensive of the war to the end of the war is effectively known as Canada's "100" days. In these hundred days The four Canadian divisions of the Canadian Corps, each with 20,00 to 25,000 men took on and defeated 49 German divisions each with 10,000 to 15,000 each so in other words up to 100,000 Canadians defeated up to 735,000 Germans establishing beyond no doubt that the Canadian Corps was the elite force in the British army and the world. The Canadians were also the saviours of Ypres the last Belgian City not in German hands in 1915, and were the first people to defeat a gas attack after a French Algerian division had shattered after a gas attack leaving a hole in the Allied lines 4 miles wide which the Canadians had to hold and which they did. Those are the reasons for why the Canadian Corps were the best fighting force in World War 1.

The Canadians were supurb no doubt, but the BEF especially in 1918 were ferocious in their fight against the Germans back to the Hindenburg line and took bloody vengence on the German armys concentrated on them. Royal Artillerys awesome and constant bombardments were critical and destroyed many German positions. There is also the many individual incidents of the British Machine gun companys and Regiments that were constantly nibbling away at the Germans advances, and it was the British that grimly fought and won back all the blasted valleys, ridges, villages and woods of the 1916 Somme battlefields.

The British withstood sustained constant bombardments from the Germans that made Austerlitz, Waterloo and the Peninsulars look like tea partys in comparison and the British army survived it and came through.

Also there was the British tanks, Engineers, Royal flying core that were still more advanced than everyone, and the British infantry regiments who all contributed in hammering the Germans back.

1918 till the end of the war proved a very underrated time and victory for the British army, but their victory in the last months of the war i would put as high as Waterloo, Trafalgar or Quebec.

One last thought, during the offences the British army captured 188,700 German prisoners and some 2,840 guns, which didnt come easy as some Germans fought till the very last and it was much more than France, US combined acheived.

So by the time of the British army counter attack in 1918, the British army was the most effective fighting force in the world. But this victory came at a cost also.

Lest we forget.

Answer 2

its Russia.

Russia. Poor tactics, lousy leadership, terrible clothing and shortages of food and medical supplies led to Russia signing a peace treaty with Germany.

Answer 3

The country with the best trained Military in WW1 was no doubt, The Canadian Corps.

Almost ALL of the Allied advances in 1918 were spearheaded by Canadian troops. When 'canucks' were present, the assaults were almost always successful. Otherwise, they often failed.

"The Canadians played a part of such distinction that thenceforward they were marked out as storm troops; for the remainder of the war they were brought along to head the assault in one great battle after another.

Whenever the Germans found the Canadian Corps coming into the line, they prepared for the worst."

- British Prime Minister Lloyd George

Historians consider that at the outset of the war, the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) was definitely the best trained, most professional, and best fighting force on either side. This was due to it being filled with long-serving members of the British Colonial Army, virtually all of whom had substantial previous combat experience in the various colonial wars of the preceding decades. In addition, the level of drill and quality of marksmanship of the BEF was considerably higher than other forces.

This fine force was squandered in the 1914 battles, with the remaining survivors wiped out at First Ypres in December 1914. Thereafter, the draftees and replacements from Britain were nowhere near the quality that had been lost, and the British Army sank back to mediocrity.

Answer 4

Russia had the biggest army but it didnt have enough guns for all of the troops so im not intirely sure if it was the best.

Answer 5

The Russian Empire: a total of about 12 million soldiers

Answer 6

Germany

Answer 7

Russia

Answer 8

russia