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No, the war was already winding down when the flu began infecting soldiers in the fall of 1918. To the contrary, the Great War, with its mass movements of men in armies and aboard ships, probably aided in the rapid diffusion and attack of the flu virus.
Deep within the trenches these men lived through some of the most brutal conditions of life, which it seemed could not be any worse.
In the two years that this scourge ravaged the earth, a fifth of the world's population was infected. The flu was most deadly for people ages 20 to 40. This pattern of morbidity was unusual for influenza which is usually a killer of the elderly and the young.
An estimated 675,000 Americans died of influenza during the pandemic, ten times as many as in the world war. Of the U.S. soldiers who died in Europe, half of them fell to the influenza virus.
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How did ww1contribute to World War 2?
WW1 did not contribute to WW2
How did world war 1 contribute to influenza pandemic?
During the same time as WW1 there was a pandemic of influenza that killed millions of people world wide. It is commonly called the Spanish Flu.
What was Spanish flu like in ww1?
I understand it killed more people than the war itself.
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nationalism in Balkan helped contribute to the outbreak of world war 1(WW1).
How did national contribute to the decline of the Ottoman Empire?
nationalism in Balkan helped contribute to the outbreak of world war 1(WW1).
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How did Balkan nationalism nationalism contribute to the decline of the Ottoman Empire?
nationalism in Balkan helped contribute to the outbreak of world war 1(WW1).
When did Hitler declare the end of WW1?
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the swine flu will end this summer
Is flu season over for 2014?
what date is the officially end to the flu season 2014
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It could. Symptoms vary in each individual. The flu and fever from it can cause dehydration and that can contribute to constipation. That is one reason why you hear that you should drink plenty of fluids when you have a cold or the flu.
What caused the deaths of millions of men in the trenches?
The greatest killer of troops during WW1 was the flu virus, not military action.
