WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Detailed explanation-1: -The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history.
Detailed explanation-2: -It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675, 000 occurring in the United States. Your browser can’t play this video.
Detailed explanation-3: -The symptoms of human influenza were described by Hippocrates. This is the first epidemic reported where the symptoms were probably influenza. The term influenza was first used to describe a disease prevailing in 1357. It would be applied again to the epidemic in 1386−1387.
Detailed explanation-4: -While there are cases of it appearing all around the world, scientists found that it is far more prominent in the east than in the west, particularly in Southeast Asia.