Editing Western Front (World War I) (section)

=== Casualties ===
{{Main|Casualties of World War I}}

The war in the trenches of the Western Front left tens of thousands of maimed soldiers and war widows. The unprecedented loss of life had a lasting effect on popular attitudes toward war, resulting later in an entente reluctance to pursue an aggressive policy toward [[Adolf Hitler]].{{sfn|Adamthwaite|1989|pp=25–26}} Belgium suffered 30,000 civilian dead and France 40,000 (including 3,000 merchant sailors).{{sfn|Gray|1991|p=292}} The British lost {{nowrap|16,829}} civilian dead; {{nowrap|1,260 civilians}} were killed in air and naval attacks, {{nowrap|908 civilians}} were killed at sea and there were {{nowrap|14,661 merchant}} marine deaths.{{sfn|ASB|1922|p=100}}{{sfn|Ellis|1993|p=269}} Another 62,000 Belgian, 107,000 British and 300,000 French civilians died due to war-related causes.{{sfn|Hersch|1927|pp=47–61}}