WWI Zone Rouge In France

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

The British lost far fewer people than the French and the German's were taken over by a Totalitarian State. Additionally, Germany had nearly twice the population of France heading into WWII and was about 60% more than France in WWI.

Russia was nearly twice Germany at both time periods.

On a proportional basis, nobody got hit as hard as France did. It really messed that country up for a very long time.

Well, sure, it was mostly fought on their soil. France lost something like 4% of their population during WWI. The Brits lost about 2.5%, I think.

But, France still started WWII with 5 million troops. The Germans had 2.5 million.