Identify And Explain The Devastating Effects Of Ww2 On Civilians

The second World War, also well known as World War II or the deadliest military conflict in history, involved over 60 different countries and was a massive activity which encompases more than 75 million troops of various nations. The sheer amount of both civilians and soldiers who lost their live due to such immense war is unfathomable, amounting to over 60 million, or about 3% of the 1940’s world population. When only taking the casualties of civilians into consideration, it far outweighs the preceding wars that has been experienced throughout the world. Since the effects of the war was so great for civilians, life for individuals living in that time period were changed drastically worldwide. In order to explain the devastating effect of World War II upon the civilians as compared to other wars, we’ll analyze it’s direct as well as …show more content…
It’s hard to grasp the sheer unmitigated amount of those who lost their lives during WWII, especially the civilians. According to Grenoble who recapped the documentary “The Fallen of WWII”, more people died in WW2 than any other war in history (Grenoble, 2015). On a more direct scale, the two countries that bears the greatest number of civilian casualty were none other than Japan and China. As seen in the publication titled “The Effects of WWII on Economic and Health Outcomes Across Europe”, about a million Japanese Civilians suffered some form of causality, which equates to about 4% of the pre-war Japanese population. Moreover, more than 70% civilians of China suffered casuality resulting from such massive war (Kesternich et al, 2013). Forms of direct mortality included