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The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus.
On 21 March 1918, the Germans launched a large offensive against the British Fifth Army and the right wing of the British Third Army. The artillery bombardment began at 4.40am on March 21. The bombardment [hit] targets over an area of 150 square miles [390 km 2], the biggest barrage of the entire war. Over 1,100,000 shells were fired in five ...
1918 flu pandemic – U.S. Army mess cook Private Albert Gitchell of Fort Riley, Kansas became the first documented case of Spanish flu. [57] [58] However, cases of the flu were observed as early as January in Haskell County, Kansas. [59] A general election was held in Liechtenstein with a second round of voting held March 18. [60]
The Spanish flu epidemic became a pandemic, killing over 30 million people over the next six months. [1]Battle of Belleau Wood – The U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division deployed troops, including the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments, to hold Belleau Wood near the Marne River in France after the towns of Château-Thierry and Vaux fell to the Germans.
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The paper examined municipal spending levels and voter extremism in Germany from the time of the initial influenza outbreak until 1933. Fed study ties 1918 flu pandemic to Nazi Party gains Skip to ...
January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. [1] January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Soviet Russia, Sweden, Germany and France. January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona.
The German military archivist Erich Otto Volkmann estimated that in the spring of 1918 about 800,000 to 1,000,000 soldiers refused to follow the orders of their military superiors. [2] The term "Drückeberger", or shirker, was the term used by the military authorities, a term which had already gained anti-semitic connotations through its ...