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The Destruction of War

Explore the brutal effects of WWI with over 15 million total deaths, including civilians, and staggering losses for Central and Entente Powers affecting populations and societies. Witness the horrors of the first Total War with city destruction, mass casualties, and the deadly Spanish Flu pandemic. Learn how nations transformed, fought, and suffered in a relentless conflict that reshaped the world order.

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The Destruction of War

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  1. The Destruction of War The brutal effects of WWI

  2. Losses for Central and Entente Powers 4 million deaths for Alliance 15 Million total deaths, Including civilians 6 Million Deaths for Entente

  3. Loses per countryTotal Casualties % of population • Entente Powers: • France 15% of population hurt/dead, 3% die • UK6% 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

  4. A dismal battlefield… Painting by Ezra Pound: “These fought in any case”

  5. The 23rd Infantry

  6. 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

  7. Destruction at Home: The first Total War Louvain, Belgium

  8. Amiens, France Notice the massive building structure, this was a a trend leading up to WWI during the Gilded Age Progress was shown in size and strength through buildings and new technology

  9. Paris, France

  10. Salonika, Greece

  11. No place was safe.. French Hospital

  12. Not Even Churches Church in Revigny, France, bombed by Germans

  13. Spanish Influenza Spanish 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.

  14. Path of the Spanish Flu

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