What must it have been like after all the guns fell silent?
We thought long and hard about what to write at the end of the Second World War.
We once visited the Ossuaire in Verdun.
The Douaumont Ossuary (French Ossuaire de Douaumont) is a French national burial site for the remains of soldiers who could not be identified after the Battle of Verdun.
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After the First World War, all nations were horrified by the atrocities they had committed and vowed: never again!
This vow did not last very long, and soon the next horrific catastrophe in human history arrived, greater, more cruel and more brutal than ever before.
And now, although the weapons are silent worldwide, locally they are not behaving as they always have.
The official dataset download page of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), the world’s main provider of data on organized violence
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) has recorded ongoing violent conflicts since the 1970s. The data provided is one of the most accura
Number of Deaths 2023
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) has recorded ongoing violent conflicts since the 1970s. The data provided is one of the most accura
The horror is visible globally and locally, leading us to believe that we as humanity have learned nothing from the past and probably do not want to learn.
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We were truly shaken by the sight of so many unknown dead who had died for the pride and stupidity of a few.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI): the independent resource on global security
If we focused more on peace, the world would be a different place.
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