Civilian Deaths From WWII

The civilian deaths from WWII was over 13 times more than the civilian deaths from WWI. In the first world war, the civilian deaths made up only 5% of the total deaths, twenty-one years later that 5% increased to 67%. All together, there was an estimated amount of 57 million deaths. World war two was not so much of a highlight but more of a tragic central event of the twentieth century. The war was fought between two groups of powers, the allies and the axis powers. The initial start of the war was when Hitler attacked poland. Nonetheless, all together there were more than one major cause of WWII. First, Germany was not allowed to participate in the conference. The Versailles treaty did not satisfy Germany. Germany was not pleased with the idea of giving away …show more content…
Alsace-Lorraine was given to France and other large territories were given to other countries. The country of Belgium received Eupen and Malmedy and Denmark was given North Schleswig. Atlast, the Rhineland was demilitarized, meaning no German military forces were allowed there. In the East, Poland received various parts of West Prussia and Silesia from Germany. Czechoslovakia received the Hultschin district from Germany and the German city, Danzig, became a free city with the protection of the League of Nations. Germany was denied into the addition of the League of Nations and also they weren’t allowed to unite with Austria. To sum up, Germany lost 10% of its land and was given unfair treatment. Second, was the failure of the many peace efforts that occurred after world war I. The League of Nations, which was one of Wilson’s fourteen points and part of the Versailles Treaty, was