>>1114570After the war many people wanted to forget so instead of taking care of the problem immediatly the state allowed people to re-settle on the war zones too soon without a real clean-up most of the time
And the amount of shells is just beyond imagination, more than 60 millions fired just for the battle of Verdun, and many more with the other major battles like the Somme or the Chemin des Dames
Belgium and Germany have the same issues in some places
