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The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus.
San Francisco received national praise for its early, proactive response to the Spanish flu pandemic in the fall of 1918. As another pandemic grips the city a century later, San Francisco's past ...
Map showing the Western Front as it stood on 11 November 1918. The German frontier of 1914 had been crossed only in the vicinities of Mulhouse, Château-Salins, and Marieulles in Alsace-Lorraine. In November 1918, the Allies had ample supplies of manpower and materiel to invade Germany.
Spring Offensive, German Offensives 1918, Western Front, First World War; Associated themes British Army 1914-1918, Western Front 1914-1918; Category.
Image credits: undiscoveredh1story Nowadays, we consume tons of visual media. Videos, photos, cinema, and TV can help us learn new things every day. However, they can just as easily misinform us.
Not terribly interesting subject matter, as far as the 1918 flu goes. Doesn't do anything to illustrate the scale of the pandemic, or show precautions or victims. Both of Fir's linked photos are much more engaging. I also like this one, which shows rows of beds, the nurses' face masks, and a patient looking like he's feeling pretty crappy.