The Rise Of Australasia-Chapter 1290 - 945 The Cambridge Five
Chapter 1290: Chapter 945: The Cambridge Five
Chapter 1290 -945: The Cambridge Five
After the war with the Island Nation ended, Australasia turned its full attention to the European battlefield.
The current European battlefield can be described as extremely intense, with the major nations of Europe all involved in this war, engaging a total of more than 30 million soldiers, with dozens of countries participating.
The current military size of various countries has inflated to an extremely exaggerated number, often in the millions, which leads to casualties across Europe increasing by an alarmingly exaggerated degree each day.
In terms of current military personnel numbers, the country with the most is undoubtedly the German Empire, which is fighting on three fronts and possesses formidable combat strength.
The total size of the German Army is estimated to have surpassed 6 million, with around 1.1 million deployed to the Western European battlefield, 300,000 to the North African battlefield, 550,000 to the Balkan battlefield, and 3.3 million to the Eastern European battlefield.
The country with the second highest number of military personnel is currently Russia Nation. Due to a surprise attack, Russia Nation suffered heavy losses of its forces in the early stages of the war. But the good news is that inside Russia, with a population exceeding one hundred million and strong national cohesion, they still maintain a military force close to 6 million.
However, the situation in Russia is not good at this time. The German Army’s advance in Eastern Europe is extremely successful, and Russia’s major urban cities such as Minsk, Saint Petersburg, and Kiev have all fallen. The German Army has now advanced to the outskirts of Moscow.
If nothing unexpected happens, a completely different Battle of Moscow from the one in history will soon begin.
The country with the third highest number of military personnel is France. At least for now, France’s situation is a lot better compared to its historical one.
Although Paris has already been occupied, France also controls many areas on the southern coast of the United States, which can provide France with very important petroleum, mining and funds support.
Together with manpower from Africa, France still maintains an army close to 4 million strong, which is quite a remarkable level.
After all, both of the above-mentioned countries’ populations have already exceeded 100 million. With just its own native population of less than 40 million, France maintaining an army of more than 4 million is indeed making the utmost effort.
Next are Britain and Australasia.
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The current size of the British military is about 4 million, but more than half of these are soldiers from the colonies and the Commonwealth of Nations.
The actual mobilization of the local army from the British mainland is just over one million, which is a point of cleverness on behalf of the British.
Although not many local troops have been deployed, British losses are not insignificant in the slightest.
The current situation in Europe has not seen large-scale naval battles, but small-scale surprise attacks on civilian ships are numerous.
The Germans have once again brought into play the spirit of submarine warfare from World War I, sending a large number of submarines to sneak attack British merchant ships and transport ships. Every sinking of a merchant ship represents a tangible loss for the British.
In addition to the losses from bombing London, as well as the expenditures for the Army and Navy, the British losses are second only to Russia, and even exceed those of France.
However, the loss of property and supplies is certainly not as severe as the loss of manpower.
If the British losses require ten years for a slow recovery, then the French losses will need at least twenty years, if not longer, to recover.
After all, population is not something that can be replenished in a short time. Moreover, those lost in the war are predominantly young and able-bodied men, who are one of the most important groups for a country.
Australasia’s military size is currently one of the smallest among the major belligerent countries, only slightly more significant than Italy.
The total number of Australasia’s military personnel is about 3.4 million, with 1.4 million from Australasia itself, 500,000 from the Philippines, 1.5 million from Kalimantan, not including the United Kingdom of the West Coast and the Kingdom of California.
The Italian Army is the smallest among the participating powers, currently just above 3 million. Among these forces, Italy has deployed 500,000 to the North African battlefield, 1.1 million to the Western European battlefield, and nearly 1 million to the Balkan battlefield.
Just between Germany, Russia Nation, Britain, France, Australasia, and Italy, the current military sizes have already reached over 26 million, which is more than the total population of most countries.
More importantly, these numbers do not include the soldiers who died in the war. Considering the several million military personnel of the defeated Island Nation as well, the actual number of soldiers that countries have invested in the war has exceeded 40 million.
Among all the belligerent countries, the Russians have suffered by far the most casualties. Although they joined the conflict later than some others, various reasons have led to Russian losses surpassing those of the earliest participating countries like France and Poland, and even far exceeding those of the already extinct Austrian Empire.
According to some media reports with official backing from Russia, and rough intelligence from the Intelligence Department, it is confirmed that Russia’s war casualties have reached at least 4 million, a staggering scale that no other country has matched.
Out of these 4 million casualties, more than half were Russian infantry who were encircled and annihilated during the fast advances of the German Armored troops.
However, there is one country that fared even worse than Russia, and that is Poland, which is now fully occupied by Germany.
In fact, Poland’s war casualties are only a few hundred thousand. Although this is also harsh, it doesn’t rank high among the casualties suffered by various countries.
