The Military Strategy of the Entente

Were economic potential synonymous with military capability – which it is not – then the Entente would have necessarily decided the First World War quickly and unequivocally for itself. In 1913, the Entente had at its disposal over 28% of worldwide industrial capacity, while the Central Powers had about 19%. The total population of Russia, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Serbia, and Montenegro amounted to 258 million. The population of Germany and Austria-Hungary n…