This picture helps people realize that wars throughout history were fought in people's backyards and that soldiers where not the only people effected. The planes in this picture are close to the ground and are very intimidating. Innocent people were killed in their towns and some, their own houses, and if they weren't, they lived in fear of being killed. Military leaders wouldn't stop for anything and they would hurt anyone that get in their way, in order to win.
In "The Old Man At The Bridge", Ernest Hemingway discusses the casualties of war . In the short story, the man is sitting by a bridge and he is surrounded by soldiers, trucks, and planes. A soldier sees him sitting on the ground and offers to help him get on the truck to Barcelona. The man says no and he eventually stands up, but then immediately sits back down. This shows how he has given up all hope and he knows that he is going to die. The man is lonely and helpless because of the chaos of the war. Hemingway shows how the old man is an innocent bystander by saying that he is "without politics", proving that he was a neutral party and minding his own business, yet he was still going to die.
In World War II, 60 million people were killed. Of those 60 million, 15 million died in battle, 25 million people died of battle wounds, and 45 million civilians were killed. These gruesome statistics display how people not involved in the war were still being threatened and murdered. Unfortunately, civilian causalities, intentional or not, are a cost of war, and many people suffer due to the death of their loved ones.
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