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World War 1 Weapons:
-Trench Warfare was where soldiers fought in trenches
-It was used to protect themselves from enemy fire.
Armies traded huge losses of human life for pitifully small land gains.
-Life in trenches was misery
-Men slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud and dreamed mud.
-They were littered with rats.
Sleep and fresh food was rare.
-In the open spaces was where soldiers were ordered to attack and met rounds of machine guns.
-Artillery fire brought death right into the trenches.
-New tools of war was machine guns, poison gas, armored tanks, and larger artillery.
WORLD WAR 2
-Germans used Blitzkrieg or "lightening round" to invade Poland.
-They employed air strikes, fast tanks, followed by soldiers who sped into battle by trucks.
-Military jet planes were added into the war and added speed to fire power.
-The Atomic bomb was made and created a explosion that caused massive damage and cause radioactive aurora.
-Similarities-
-The similarities between these weapons and artillery was that they used the latest technology.
-Used guns
_many lives were lost to the weaponry

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- Total War is a war that is   unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
- The allies won the wars because
they were able to get the US on their side.  The US had the potential to send millions of men and huge amounts of materiel into the war.
-The war changed women’s lives They showed society that they were able to do men’s jobs and were intellectually more than capable of taking part in society.

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In World War 1 There were an estimated amount of 40 million causlities total (dead)
-There was an estimated amount of 9-11 million deaths in the millitary
-there were 23 million injured casualties.
-5-6 million causlities were civilian casualties
-central powers lost about 4 million lives

- in ww2 there was an estimated 50 million to more than 80 million.
-There were Civilians killed totalled 50 to 55 million, including 19 to 28 million from war-related disease and famine.
-The countries that lost the most causilties was Russia due to the battle of Stalingrad
- an ecellent video on the causilties is The Fallen of WW2
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About the Project

The Fallen of World War II is an interactive documentary that examines the human cost of the second World War and the decline in battle deaths in the years since the war. The 15-minute data visualization uses cinematic storytelling techniques to provide viewers with a fresh and dramatic perspective of a pivotal moment in history.

The film follows a linear narration, but it allows viewers to pause during key moments to interact with the charts and dig deeper into the numbers.

Credits

The film was written, directed, coded, and narrated by Neil Halloran. Original music and sound design was created by Andy Dollerson. Editorial feedback and technical consulting by AlteredQualiea.

The soundtrack is now available on Bandcamp.

Recommended Book

Inspiration and sources for the final segment of the film came largely from Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature.

Buy at Amazon

Viewing Issues & Options

Viewing the interactive version on fallen.io requires a relatively new computer and a modern web browser. Most mobile devices will not play the piece properly. If the frame rate is choppy or if you are having other technical problems, we recomend viewing the video version instead, which is hosted with Vimeo.

To view the video version on a television, you can use Vimeo to stream to your Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Fire TV, and any other devices that can play Vimeo videos. Just search for "fallen.io".

Data Sources

The data set that drives this visualization will continue to be updated, and we are always looking for volunteers.

Much of the underlying sources are similar to those listed in the World War 2 Casualties Wikipedia Article. For itemized list of data entries, you can view the Google Fusion table.

Post-WWII statistics were sourced from the The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).

About the Series

Depending on how much interest is generated from this pilot episode, we would like to continue this project as a series. Future episodes would explore other trends of war and peace - from drones and terrorism to democracy and peacekeeping.

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The Fallen of World War II - Data-driven documentary about war & peace

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Fallen.io, a short animated data-driven documentary about war and peace, explores the harrowing statistics of World War II and sizes up its numbers to other wars in history, including recent conflicts.

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World War 1 militarism:
-Governments were strongly influenced if not  dominated by military leaders, their interests and priorities
-Generals and admirals sometimes acted as de facto government ministers, advising political leaders, influencing domestic policy and demanding increases in defense and arms spending
-Arms race which gave rise to new military technologies and increased defense spending
-Shaped culture, the media and public opinion
-Press held up military leaders as heroes , painted rival nations as aggressive and regularly engaged in 'war talk'

World War 2 militarism:
-Germany turned to a totalitarian form of government eventually led by Adolf Hitler
-Hitler felt disrespected in Versailles Treaty
-Build up of German military
-Italy felt disrespected
-Build up Italy's military
-Build up Japanese military
-Germany, Italy, and Japan eventually formed an alliance that was called the Axis Powers

What is the concept of an alliance?
- An alliance is when two or more firms come together to create a unique organizational entity in which each firm retains its individual identity and internal control.

The upside of alliances are:
- creates hope
-gives a feeling of security and support
-safety net
-boldness
The downside of alliances are:
-Bound countries together and created a precarious situation in the region
- many secrets add to problems

Imperialism-
-a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
-One example of imperialism in WW1 is the British Empires propaganda slogan " The Sun Never Sets On Britain".

Nationalism-
-patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts
-Nationalism helped cause the war because attitudes and over-confidence were fueled by things like provocative speeches or press reports

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The Allies included Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. These countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. War World 1 consisted of two groups the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy and Japan and the Allies which included Britain, France,Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America.

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- The Treaty of Versailles ended WWI
- The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that ended WWI
- The treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
- The league of nations would form to make sure things could be discussed by major world powers.
- All the blame for the start of the war was put on Germany
- Although the Versailles Treaty was very flawed.
- It made territorial and military changes to Germany which upset and greatly impacted Germany
- Germany would pay 33 billion dollars in reparations.
- The damage done to Germany because of the treaty would lead to the events that started WWII
-The Treaty of Paris would end world war 2.
The Treaty of Paris was signed on 10 February 1947, as the outcome of the Paris Peace conference
- The major powers met together informally 145 times and made all the major decisions, which in turn were ratified by others.
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-The Franz Ferdinand was in line to be leader in Austria and was assassinated by a Serbian, Austria used this as an excuse to punish Serbia. -Austria gave Serbia an ultimatum and Serbia met most of the demands and wanted to negotiate on some of the demands, but Austria didn’t want to negotiate and declared war

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-The Franz Ferdinand was in line to be leader in Austria and was assassinated by a Serbian, Austria used this as an excuse to punish Serbia. -Austria gave Serbia an ultimatum and Serbia met most of the demands and wanted to negotiate on some of the demands, but Austria didn’t want to negotiate and declared war

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-Germany invaded Poland to have more land for Germans to live in.
-France and Britain were allies with Poland and went to help Poland fight against Germany. No warring happened for a while until a surprise invasion by Germany