The Destruction of War

The brutal effects of WWI

Losses for Central and Entente Powers15 Million total deaths, Including civilians

6 Million Deaths for Entente

4 million deaths for Alliance

Loses per countryTotal Casualties % of population

• Entente Powers:– France 15% of population hurt/dead, 3% die– UK6% of total hurt/dead, 2% die– Russia 5% total hurt/dead, 3 % die

• Alliance Powers– Germany 11% total hurt/dead, 5% die– Austria 14% total hurt/dead, 7% die

A dismal battlefield…

Painting by Ezra Pound: “These fought in any case”

The 23rd Infantry

Total War

• No one in Europe or the colonies was safe.• Governments changed entire nation’s policies

around in order to provide for the war effort– Governments used nationalism to get the people’s

support

Destruction at Home: The first Total WarLouvain, Belgium

Amiens, France

Notice the massive building structure, this was a a trend leading up to WWI during the GildedAge Progress was shown in size and strength through buildings and new technology

Paris, France

Salonika, Greece

No place was safe..

FrenchHospital

Church in Revigny, France, bombed by Germans

Not Even Churches

Spanish InfluenzaSpanish Flu- killed almost 50 million people worldwide (50% of the world). Flu is normal in the spring, but because of the war connecting more than ever before, the influenza virus spread like brushfire.

As if the killing was enough,Now everyone was sick.

Path of the Spanish Flu