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Estimated that anywhere from 20 to 100 million people were killed worldwide by the Spanish Flu
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How can Europes economic weaknesses leading up to the depression be traced to world war 1?
returning soilders spread Spanish flu killing millions and leaving others unable to work.
Where did the Spanish flu hit?
The Spanish Flu was a true Pandemic, affecting every corner of the world.
What was the deadliest flu?
The Spanish Flu during WWI killed millions world wide.
What pandemic hit the world in 1918?
spanish flu
What was the worst pandemic?
The 1918 pandemic of the Spanish Flu killed multiple millions world wide.
How many soldiers were killed by the spanish flu in world war one?
Estimated that anywhere from 20 to 100 million people were killed worldwide by the Spanish Flu
Where was th spanish flu in the world?
All over the world, in other words, it was a pandemic.
What was the disease called at the end of World War 1?
'Spanish Flu' .
What was a common infection during world war 1?
Towards the end of the war, there was a massive outbreak of the Spanish flu, which lasted until 1920. Spanish flu gets its name because at the time of the outbreak Spain was a neutral power and so did not censor news and the Spanish king Alfonso XIII caught the disease and so it received a lot of coverage in Spain. Spanish flu is a type of swine flu that could affect anyone but was especially dangerous to young healthy adults, almost the opposite of the traditional flu; and as such its spread was probably hastened by the large movements of healthy troops, particularly to and from the USA.
When was the most recent flu pandemic and how many people did it kill?
It was the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1920, and it is estimated to have been responsible for approximately 80 million deaths world wide.
Was there a flu outbreak after World War 1?
The Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918 was a pandemic that killed an estimated 20 million (with some estimates ranging up to 100 million) people in about 1 year. Approx. 5% of the world's population was killed.
What killed twice as many people as has died in world war 1?
The Spanish flu?
