hammish langdon earl. he was awarded a commendation for bravery in combat.nd that's just as an aside, just to mention his name. but what i'd like to you do is if you could please, give us a rundown as to the casualty count that each of these countries endured during the first world i, german, french, british and so on. thank you. >> speaking very broadly without giving the actual figures, i can't remember exactly. >> well i can run down figures for you and let you discuss them as we do it. germany, about 2.1 million world war i military deaths. russia, 1.8 million military deaths, france, 1.4 million military deaths, austria-hungary, 1.1 million military deaths, the united kingdom, 885,000 military deaths, the united states, 117,000. >> so that the united kingdom figure would include both british and dominion troops, including australia, new zealand, and the rest. so keep that in mind. american battle deaths in the war were on the realm of i think 58,000 but keep this in mind, a lot of people will say, oh, we were only involved in the war very late. we didn'