Did more people die in 9/11 or in WWI?

Question

You will not be chosen for best if you just give your opinion...It must have a website link to where your information is coming from, and your answer must be proven.

Answer 1

The number of World War I casualties, both military and civilian, was over 40 million — 20 million deaths and 21 million wounded. This includes 9.7 million military deaths and about 10.0 million civilian deaths.

And:

At least 2,985 people died in the September 11th attacks, including:


19 terrorists
2,966 victims

All but 13 people died on that day. Thirteen died of their wounds. One person has died since the attacks, of lung cancer. It is suspected to have been caused by all the debris from the Twin Towers.

So I'd sat WW1.

Answer 2

Well, 9/11 was contained to a few states, not that I mean to make light of the attacks, and WWI was a World War, which means multiple nations were involved. Therefore, I think that anybody can rightfully say that more people died in WWI without having to even think about looking up the numbers. Of course if by some weird impossible chance I were wrong I would end up looking like a total jackass. Thankfully I am not wrong.

Edit:To the above poster and any future posters. PLease do me a favor and do not use wikipedia as a source. It can be edited by anyone and is therefore not anywhere near being a credible source. I could go on and say that Lincoln was never assassinated or even that he was never a real person, but that would obviously be untrue.

Answer 3

more people died in one day during WW1 then all the people on 9-11
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War and the War To End All Wars, was a global military conflict which took place primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918. Over 40 million casualties resulted, including approximately 20 million military and civilian deaths. The conflict had a decisive impact on the history of the 20th century.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WW1

Answer 4

Nearly 3,000 people died on 9/11.

About 20,000,000 died in WWI. In the first ten minutes of the Battle of the Somme, it is estimated that 57,000 English troops died.

Just about every 9/11 website carries the numbers....there isn't much margin for error. The best WWI site I've found is
www.firstworldwar.com
It gives the battles and figures in chronological order.

Answer 5

Here is a little point to get to you.

The battle of the Somme during WWI had over 1 MILLION casualties (Dead, Wounded, and Missing) on all three armies (British, French, and German) that took place over the whole battle. 9/11 dose not even come close

Answer 6

Millions died in WW1 compared with only a few thousand on 9/11.
In fact more people are normally murdered in the USA in three months every year than died on 9/11.

Answer 7

The death toll for 911 was around 3,000 people. That is not "overrated" as someone said. I didnt know we "rate" the effects of attacks on human life in our country. And to the person who said the death toll for 911 is 700,000, that's just ridiculous. If you are counting deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan dont. 911 was the attack.

As for WWI, yes, there were tens of millions of people killed in that war. As some have said, it's fairly amazing that you asked this question. Then again, the obvious lack of understanding of what happened here on 911 is even more amazing. Someone also said 1000 people died that day.

You know, they often say people who refuse to learn about history are doomed to repeat it. There is a strong lesson in that statement.

Answer 8

In WW I, which lasted four years, millions died. There were single days with more casualties than 9/11.
Do you really think a global war can have less casualties than one collapsing building?

World war 1

Casualties (Allies): 5,525,000
Wounded (Allies): 12,831,500
Missing (Allies): 4,121,000

Casualties (Central Powers): 4,386,000
Wounded (Central Powers): 8,388,000
Missing (Central Powers): 3,629,000

So if you only count the dead and missing peolple you'll get a total of 17,661,000. Now imagine the sice of the building and the planes you would need, to top that.

On September 11.th you had only 2,993 killed.

Answer 9

you are really confused: the death toll in 9/11 was about 3,000. The death toll in WWI was about 20 million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_casualties
More people by far died in Bangladesh cyclone recently and ten times that in Tsunamai.
What made 9/11 shocking was intentional attack using airliners in synchronized move - well planned, well carried out, using a vulnerability we ignored.

Answer 10

WWI, and here's the link:
http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko12530/ww1.htm

Not only that, but it's thought that about as many died in the Spanish flu epidemic/pandemic which broke out as the war ended in 1918.