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Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2
Fifty percent mortality is enormous. The closest thing I can think of to that in real life was the Black Death of the 14th Century, which probably killed at least 30% of Europe, and some estimates run close to 50%. It left deep psychological scars and transformed society permanently.
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Another close parallel might be the Thirty Years War, which saw death tolls similar to the Black Death in parts of Germany. It was over two centuries before a functioning, unified German state returned.
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Originally Posted by Anthony
I would assume deaths not evenly spread over the land, and disproportionately among fighting age men, though no area or group untouched. The effect of essentially wiping out a generation of males would certainly change society, though I'm not sure exactly how.
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And that makes me think of France in the aftermath of World War I.