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Influenza Pandemic of 1918 The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 or the Spanish Flu caused the death of between 20 and 100 million people throughout Europe. This influenza killed more people than the total deaths of the Great War. The Spanish Flu began to spread quickly because of the low sanitation levels during the Great War. A large majority of the population was sooner or later infected with this vicious disease. However, it seemed to only be interested in people ages 20 to 40.This was a very rare situation. Usually influenza was more likely to infect a young and incapable child or an old and weak person.

MLA: McKay, John P. __A History of Western Society__. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003