Halfof the casualties in WW2 were women and children and 4 times as many people died as in WW1,Why??

Answer 1

The carpet bombing of cities caused massive civilian casualties. Berlin and numerous German cities were almost destroyed. The 2 A-bombs in Japan. Tokyo was firebombed. London was heavily bombed. When German and Russian armies advanced they had little interest in preventing collateral damage. Japan ravaged the Chinese people, executing thousands. The Final Solution.
The war lasted 6 years and took place all over Europe, west Russia, China, many islands between Australia and Japan, north Africa, Hawaii, the American coast, Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Mediterranean and North seas, It was truly a world war.

Answer 2

Much of the fighting in World War I took place along the Western Front, within a system of opposing manned trenches and fortifications (separated by a "no man's land") running from the North Sea to the border of Switzerland. On the Eastern Front, the vast eastern plains and limited rail network prevented a trench warfare stalemate from developing, although the scale of the conflict was just as large. Hostilities also occurred on and under the sea and — for the first time — from the air. More than nine million soldiers died on the various battlefields, and millions more civilians perished. The concept of total war had began by war's end but weaponery available to carry the war to the civilians behind the front lines was limited.
By WW2, not only had the weapons evolved to the point where not territory was safe. Add the slaughter on the Eastern Front (war of mutual extermination) + Japanese atrocities against chinese populations (see Sook Ching massacre as an example) + Holocaust + Strategic bombing against cities. Voila.

Answer 3

25 million russians died in WW2. War consumed their society. Women and children fought and were killed just like the men. Also the Europeans bombed the sh** out of each other, killing lots of civilians.

Answer 4

Well, besides the Holocaust, which does account for most of the numbers to which you allude, there was also the fact that there were two frontlines: one in Europe and one in the Pacific.

Answer 5

After the Titanic sunk guys decided the "women and children first" rule was unfair

Answer 6

there was the holocaust and the fact that there wasn't anymore a real front line like in the first WW ( the bombing of the city's )

Answer 7

Air warfare and ethnic cleansing