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Message: [QUOTE="Aluminny69, post: 2909985, member: 103"] I am somewhat surprised that no one has mentioned the role of the Spanish Influenza Epidemic on World War I. I have have seen studies that the epidemic brought about the end of the War. Specifically, when infected American troops made contact with German troops, the Germans brought the influenza back to Germany, where it rapidly spread, causing the Germans to surrender. The great influenza pandemic of 1918-19, often [B]called[/B] the Spanish flu, caused about 50 million deaths worldwide; far more than the deaths from combat [B]casualties[/B] in the World War One (1914-18). In fact, it may have killed between 3% and 6% of the global [B]population[/B]. And unlike typical [B]flu[/B] pandemics it disproportionately killed young healthy adults. [/QUOTE]