After 1918 a major part of the population was dead and cities were destroyed. It's hard to fathom how much destruction there was. Have a look at this aerial vi

After 1918 a major part of the population was dead and cities were destroyed. It's hard to fathom how much destruction there was. Have a look at this aerial view of a village before and after artillery fire. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Passchendaele_aerial_view-r.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Passchen... Of course there was growth afterward to rebuild and repopulate. This is nothing like the current crisis that doesn't destroy homes and hardly kill anybody.