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1918 Flu Pandemic - Trench Fever - Extra History - #2 (Patreon)

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2018-07-13 17:30:01
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The mild first wave was over, and the lethal second wave was about to begin. The virus that emerged from the war trenches was highly contagious and could kill within 24 hours of symptoms appearing. 

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1918 Flu Pandemic - Trench Fever - Extra History - #2

The flu arrived in France. It found a pleasant home in the crowded wartime trenches, much to the dismay of the Allies who tried to keep the flu a secret. When it made its way to Madrid, not subject to wartime censorship, it picked up the nickname "Spanish flu." Support us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon (--More below) Subscribe for new episodes every week! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://goo.gl/HkzwQh Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Get our list of recommended games on Steam: http://bit.ly/ECCurator ___________ Would you like James to speak at your school or organization? For info, contact us at: contact@extra-credits.net ____________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Outro music by Tiffany Roman http://www.tiffanyromanlouk.com/

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Daniel Sonnert

Is it just me or is it something wrong with the imperial german flag?

Martin Verran

The First Battle of the First World War in which American Troops were Involved was the Battle of Cantingy, at the Village of Cantingy in Hauts-de-France. The Objective was for the Americans to Reduce a small Salient made by the Germans in the Front Lines while, at the same Time, Instill Confidence among the French and British in the Ability of the American Expeditionary Force. The U.S. would Suffer more Battle Deaths in the First World War than any of the European Nations, because the U.S. Commanders hadn't Learned, like the British, French and Germans had, from Four Years of Trench Warfare, and were still using 19th Century Tactics from the American Civil War in a 20th Century Industrialised War.

Cindy Franklin

The first wave was mild?? Hoo boy, this is going to get even nastier, isn't it?

James V Nutley
>>13811882

The gist of your comment, that U.S. tactics started out poorly, I agree with. The "More Battle Deaths" assertion confuses me. From english language Wikipedia, Combat Deaths and Missing in Action for WWI: US == 53402; British Empire == 953104; France == 1105000; Russia == 1700000; German Empire == 1800000; Austria/Hungary == 1016200. The US sold armaments to both sides until the British blockaded Europe and to the Allies thereafter, but we only sent our soldiers during the last year of WWI, so there was no way we could catch up in terms of deaths.

ExtraCredits
>>13811755

Rob wants everyone to know that he feels bad about this! There was a miscommunication about the photo reference :) He adds "If it makes them feel better, the part of my brain that screws up patterns is the same part that ensures I can’t do algebra."

Bill Lemmond

Thanks for adding so much context. And so that's why it was called "Spanish Flu" - parly from wartime censorship.