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In total, 453 people died [1] and 52,000 people were injured or displaced. Thirty-eight communities were destroyed, ... Many memorials commemorate the 1918 fire. A 27 ...
Some 12–17 million people died in India, about 5% of the population. [247] The death toll in India's British-ruled districts was 13.88 million. [248] Another estimate gives at least 12 million dead. [249] The decade between 1911 and 1921 was the only census period in which India's population fell, mostly due to devastation of the Spanish flu ...
These official figures were published in an Italian study of war losses by G. Mortara, however he estimated actual losses until the war's end in Nov. 1918, at 600,000 (400,000 killed or died of wounds and 200,000 deaths due to disease). [42] A brief summary of data from this study can be found online. [129]
The Spanish flu killed at least 17 to 25 million people, [252] [253] including an estimated 2.64 million Europeans and as many as 675,000 Americans. [254] Between 1915 and 1926, an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica affected nearly 5 million people worldwide.
1914–1918 Allied Powers vs. Central Powers: Global Conquests of Timur: 7–20 million [7] 1369–1405 Timurid Empire vs. various states in Asia Central Asia, West Asia, and South Asia An Lushan rebellion: 13 million [15] 754–763 Tang Dynasty and Uyghur Khaganate vs. Yan Dynasty: China Spanish conquest of Mexico: 10.5 million [16] 1519–1530
The 1918–1920 flu pandemic is commonly referred to as the Spanish flu, and caused millions of deaths worldwide. To maintain morale, wartime censors minimized early reports of illness and mortality in Germany , the United Kingdom , France , and the United States .
The German spring offensive of 1918 was made ... 107,000 British and 300,000 French civilians died due to ... Germany in 1919 was bankrupt, the people living in a ...
1918 was a common year ... Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people worldwide. ... 1857; may have died in 1926)