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March on Washington: How Big Was the Crowd?

September 14, 2009 - 7:49 am - by Charlie Martin
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2009-09-14 13:30:30

When German Field Marshall Molke attacked France (via Belgium) in 1914, his army numbered 1,500,000 men. In his plan he calculated he needed a man for every square meter of the battle front, so the estimate of 18 people per 10 square meters for a crowd sounds reasonable.