THE WAR

Place

Europe

carte du monde
Map of the world

Why ?

The Second World War was global, but most of the fighting and the most important battles were past in Europe. Europe has been the scene of many battles, the horror of war and its dead and wounded. At In total, approximately 17,877,000 soldiers died on the European battlefields. Approximately 10,774,000 Allies and 7,103,000 on the Axis side.

ration de combat pendant l'occupation allemande
Combat ration

The wives' husbands would die in battle while they cried with their children. The number of widows increased considerably after the war. During the war people for example in France during the occupation the Germans ration food, about 1000 calories per person which is very can. France is being economically pillaged and the French government has cooperated.

Sad reality

Then in this war about 6 million Jews were killed in Europe during the Second World War by the Nazis wanted to kill all Jews because Hitler their leader said that Jews are an impure race and therefore they must be eliminated. They killed them in extermination camps by the Shoa or Shoa by bullet or in chambers gas. They also work in concentration camps or they forced worked until they died.

bléssés de guerre
Wartime sufferers

The surrvivant

After the war most of the living soldiers are wounded or traumatized or disabled. About three hundred thousand people in Europe. In France they are called “broken mouths” or in other countries “the great mutilated”.

Dead and wounded

Conclusion

To conclude Europe was a theatre of war during the Second World War especially the countries occupied by enemies like France or Austria. The European continent and the whole world were traumatized by this war, Today still have after-effects.