Brussels getting blasted.

[Eric.B]

I had this discussion with Nissan Man on IRC,
Belgium is the only major area to receive major damage during WW1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_of_Belgium

The western front was mainly a stalemate, and the wars in the east where stalemates in some places and more mobile in others. Unlike later wars there wasn't much in the way of bombardments etc.

So Brussels gets the short end of the stick. This is probably why they make beers and not cars.
Anyway I do need to reduce the chance of multiple firings of the "damage" event. Specially since it's the only city having this problem in WW1. (Works better in WW2 since most of Europe and Asia can go BOOM! )

This wikipedia article is pure propaganda and has nothing to do with reality. So I think you shouldn't use so much of wikipedia information. But what is correct is that some parts of Belgium and northern France were destroyed during the war.

The article does mention that is mainly considered propaganda. I don't just purely use Wikipedia information. (In fact I've used Wikipedia surprisingly little in this game...) But the fact of the matter is, Belgium is the only area to receive high amounts of infrastructure/manufacturing damage during the war in the western front. As such it's marked as "Total War". It's easier to link to a Wikipedia article on the subject than looking for a ebook on it.