The number of soldiers that died during the course of World War 1 was staggering. Although these numbers are astounding in themselves, the numbers of civilians affected by the events of World War 1 are even more saddening. From 1904-1918, civilians in Europe were affected in many ways, three different ways being the bombing and direct attack of civilians, mass famine and lack of food, and women of the countries making progress as opposed to the men. Each of these factors affected civilians greatly, some more than others.
The most important way that civilians were affected during World War 1 was that civilians became direct targets for the enemy. Because of the development of weapons during this time, new arms such as bombs and grenades thrown from planes were very effective at destroying cities, as opposed to before when armies would meet in a specified place and the damage was contained in one area.…
