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The 1918 pandemic of the Spanish Flu killed multiple millions world wide.
The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic was closely related to an avian virus.
It was the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1920, and it is estimated to have been responsible for approximately 80 million deaths world wide.
See the related links below for links to various sites with good information about the 1918 "Spanish" Flu pandemic. "The influenza pandemic of 1918, also known as the Spanish Flu, remains the most deadly outbreak in recent history. Death estimates range from 20 to 40 million people worldwide."
Spanish flu killed millions of people during the 1918-1919 pandemic.
A pandemic of Spanish flu (influenza) which began in August 1918 and ran for about six months killing over 20 million people.
It was the so-called "Spanish flu", an pandemic that struck Europe in 1918 and killed more people than the first world war.
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The 1918 flu pandemic (the Spanish Flu) was an influenza pandemic that spread widely across the world. The pandemic lasted from March 1918 to June 1920. The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War 1 at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as "Spanish Flu" or "La Grippe" the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster.
See the related links below for links to various sites (some with diagrams) about the 1918 Spanish Flu. "The influenza pandemic of 1918, also known as the Spanish Flu, remains the most deadly outbreak in recent history. Death estimates range from 20 to 40 million people worldwide."