The war wrecked Europe. Very few were left untouched by it. What was horrifying to see at the time was not only the loss of life. That had already been seen in WWI.

It was the height of humanity, civilisation destroying itself. People saw it different then and didn't take it for granted. Building up civilisation was difficult emerging from more recent difficult times.

It was horrifying not only to see the loss of life but everything that people had spent their lives to build up being destroyed. Entire cities carpet bombed and levelled. Sometimes ancient cities.

So many things lost forever and not by natural disaster or the tides of time but through deliberate human action. A catastrophe of the nations that were best at creation and destruction turning in on themselves to destroy all that they had created.

For many people this was most traumatic. Cities weren't as easy to come by or create back then nor infrastructure nor the many works of man.

The destruction only went so far but at the time you were face with the prospect of your entire country or home and city, everything being raised to the ground and reduced to ruins within a mere matter of years leaving only the traces as if of some ancient long lost civilisation like the Romans.

If it had gone much differently that could have happened.

The war wrecked Europe. What was horrifying to see at the time was not only the loss of life. That had already been seen in WWI.

It was the height of humanity, civilisation destroying itself. People saw it different then and didn't take it for granted. Building up civilisation was difficult emerging from more recent difficult times.

It was horrifying not only to see the loss of life but everything that people had spent their lives to build up being destroyed. Entire cities carpet bombed and levelled. Sometimes ancient cities.

So many things lost forever and not by natural disaster or the tides of time but through deliberate human action. A catastrophe of the nations that were best at creation and destruction turning in on themselves to destroy all that they had created.

For many people this was most traumatic. Cities weren't as easy to come by or create back then nor infrastructure nor the many works of man.

The destruction only went so far but at the time you were faced with the prospect of your entire country or home and city, everything being raised to the ground and reduced to ruins within a mere matter of years leaving only the traces as if of some ancient long lost civilisation like the Romans.

If it had gone much differently that could have happened.

The war wrecked Europe. What was horrifying to see at the time was not only the loss of life. That had already been seen in WWI.

It was the height of humanity, civilisation destroying itself. People saw it different then and didn't take it for granted. Building up civilisation was difficult emerging from more recent difficult times.

It was horrifying not only to see the loss of life but everything that people had spent their lives to build up being destroyed. Entire cities carpet bombed and levelled. Sometimes ancient cities.

So many things lost forever and not by natural disaster or the tides of time but through deliberate human action. A catastrophe of the nations that were best at creation and destruction turning in on themselves to destroy all that they had created.

For many people this was most traumatic. Cities weren't as easy to come by or create back then nor infrastructure nor the many works of man.

The destruction only went so far but at the time you were faced with the prospect of your entire country or home and city, everything being raised to the ground and reduced to ruins within a mere matter of years leaving only the traces as if of some ancient long lost civilisation like the Romans.

If it had gone much differently that could have happened.

The war wrecked Europe. What was horrifying to see at the time was not only the loss of life. That had already been seen in WWI.

It was the height of humanity, civilisation destroying itself. People saw it different then and didn't take it for granted. Building up civilisation was difficult emerging from more recent difficult times.

It was horrifying not only to see the loss of life but everything that people had spent their lives to build up being destroyed. Entire cities carpet bombed and levelled. Sometimes ancient cities.

So many things lost forever and not by natural disaster or the tides of time but through deliberate human action. A catastrophe of the nations that were best at creation and destruction turning in on themselves to destroy all that they had created.

For many people this was most traumatic. Cities weren't as easy to come by or create back then nor infrastructure nor the many works of man.

The destruction only went so far but at the time you were face with the prospect of your entire country or home and city, everything being raised to the ground and reduced to ruins within a mere matter of years leaving only the traces as if of some ancient long lost civilisation like the Romans.

If it had gone much differently that could have happened.

The war wrecked Europe. What was horrifying to see at the time was not only the loss of life. That had already been seen in WWI.

It was the height of humanity, civilisation destroying itself. People saw it different then and didn't take it for granted. Building up civilisation was difficult emerging from more recent difficult times.

It was horrifying not only to see the loss of life but everything that people had spent their lives to build up being destroyed. Entire cities carpet bombed and levelled. Sometimes ancient cities.

So many things lost forever and not by natural disaster or the tides of time but through deliberate human action. A catastrophe of the nations that were best at creation and destruction turning in on themselves to destroy all that they had created.

For many people this was most traumatic. Cities weren't as easy to come by or create back then nor infrastructure nor the many works of man. The destruction only went so far but at the time you were face with the prospect of your entire country or home and city, everything being raised to the ground and reduced to ruins within a mere matter of years leaving only the traces as if of some ancient long lost civilisation like the Romans.

The war wrecked Europe. What was horrifying to see at the time was not only the loss of life. That had already been seen in WWI.

It was the height of humanity, civilisation destroying itself. People saw it different then and didn't take it for granted. Building up civilisation was difficult emerging from more recent difficult times.

It was horrifying not only to see the loss of life but everything that people had spent their lives to build up being destroyed. Entire cities carpet bombed and levelled. Sometimes ancient cities.

So many things lost forever and not by natural disaster or the tides of time but through deliberate human action. A catastrophe of the nations that were best at creation and destruction turning in on themselves to destroy all that they had created.

For many people this was most traumatic. Cities weren't as easy to come by or create back then nor infrastructure nor the many works of man.