The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-20

On June 18, 1918, German gunner Herbert Sulzbach noted that ā€œthere is an epidemic on, what they call Spanish ā€™flu, so that even leave has been stoppedā€. Itā€™s a throwaway war diary line about a virus that ultimately killed more people than the Great War itself. The war is estimated to have killed about 18 … Continue reading The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-20