One of the factors that affected the lives of the civilian population was the fact that many cities were attacked and demolished. An example of this is the Battle of Verdun. Verdun is a key city in France, which is the gate for supplies to reach soldiers out on the front. During this battle, over 700,000 people died altogether. Some of them were soldiers, some of them were civilians. The Axis also sieged the city and …showed first 75 words of 366 total…

…showed last 75 words of 366 total…in many diseases spreading not only to the soldiers, but to civilians as well. Water sources were polluted as Poison Gas was first used, which were then drank by people, and the people ended up getting diseases for which there wasn't any cure. Many soldiers and civilians died from these diseases. This was an important factor that affected the lives of civilians not only during the First World War, but also after it had ended.