World War III is imminent, many Americans and Europeans fear: survey – national

Eighty years after the Ve-Day, which represents the official surrender of Nazi and the end of the six years of the war in Europe, many feared the Third World War.

new Yougov voting In Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States it appears that between 41 percent and 55 percent of respondents in every country who believe that there is another global war that is likely to occur during the five years to the next ten years. Forty -five percent of Americans hold the same opinion.

According to the chapter They are given 82 percent of Canadians They said they have agreed that the world became more dangerous in 2024, a five -point drop from the previous year.

If another world war occurs, Yougov says the majority (68 to 76 percent) believes that the conflict will include nuclear weapons. Moreover, 57 to 73 percent believes that the Third World War will lead to an increase in the number of injuries from previous global conflicts.

According to World War II National Museum In New Orleans, the Second World War acquired the lives of 45 million civilians and 15 million in the battle, although the numbers around the world differ.

The survey also found that 25 to 44 percent believe that if another world war occurs in the five years to the next ten years, this will lead to the death of most of the world’s population.

This feeling was reflected in the results of iPSos, with the threat of nuclear war sitting in the minds of the world’s population. Research Agency says 72 percent believes that there is a possibility that nuclear, biological or chemical war will occur somewhere in the world.

In addition, Yougov found that among all the nations included in the survey, there was a “clear feeling” that most people felt that they gathered in their country would not be ready enough to enter the war.

“Only a minority of Western Europeans who believe that national armies can actively defend their country in a third world war, starting from a decrease in 16 percent in Italy to 44 percent in France,” the poll says.

“In contrast, 71 percent of Americans have confidence that the armed forces could defend their country,” Jojov found.

As for the source of the threat, most European countries indicate that Russia is the perpetrator, as it informs 72 to 82 percent of Western Europeans that Yugov believes that the superpower is a major or moderate threat to peace in Europe. Meanwhile, 69 percent of Americans agreed.

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Since the beginning of US President Donald Trump’s second term, positions on Europe’s ally, which was one day, has turned with many now considering the country a threat to peace.

According to IPSOS, before Trump’s victory, at the global level, 21 percent of his president would help increase global security, while 45 percent of victory by former US Vice President Kamala Harris would make the world safer.

Meanwhile, Canadians were more likely to believe that Harris’s victory (54 percent) would have made the world safer, compared to 21 percent who said Trump’s victory was.

These results were also reflected in Yougov data.

“With Donald Trump threatening Greenland, Canada and Panama, as well as his position on Ukraine, the majority of people in Spain (58 percent), Germany (55 percent) and France (53 percent) see tensions between Europe and the United States as a major or moderate threat to continental peace.”

“Meanwhile, the Americans are unlikely to say this, although a third (34 percent) still agree on their counterparts in Western Europe,” the polls continue.

Regardless of the threat of the World War, Ibsos cited local terrorist attacks as a cause of anxiety between the respondents, with 66 percent of terrorism as a threat, followed by the concerns of personal safety violations and security violations, which sat 61 percent, and the conflict between ethnic groups by 60 percent in 2024.

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Yougov took samples of 1,622 adults in Great Britain, 1081 in France, 2,381 in Germany, 1023 in Italy, 1051 in Spain, and 1,152 in the United States between 3-16 April 2025.

IPSOS 22,989 adults between the ages of 18 years and over in India, 18-74 in Canada, Malaysia, South Africa, Torke, and the United States, 20-74 in Thailand, 21-74 in Indonesia and Singapore, and 16-74 in all other countries between September 20 and 4 October.

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