1918 flu and WWI

[TrippinBTM]

What do you guys think would have happened if the flu pandemic had not occurred in 1918? This flu is largely credited for ending the war, or so disabling Germany that it could end. Is it likely that Germany would have won? I don't know enough about this war, so I thought I'd ask it here.

[psilonaut]

The spanish flu was affecting the allies just as much as it was the germans. Entire regiments were keeling over. It was just kept really quiet so as to not damage moral.

[underground04]

this brings up a related and very good question. what if germany won wwI? all i can think of is
-no rise of fascism in germany/italy
-england getting a well deserved ass kicking

[*Ewan*]

I think it's worth noting that socialism was on the amrch in gemrany at the time. THe sparticist rebellion came close to succedding. Had this happened, it is quite likely that socialism would have spread right accross europe.

[Acorn]

i dont see how the flu would have just effected the germans, it was killing everyone.

[TrippinBTM]

I know it was. But it did have an effect on the war, because I remember hearing that it was just destroying the soldiers in the trenches. I just wonder who was actually affected more?

[drumminmama]

well, a draft such as the US had is a large pool of potential recruits, and the sprawling country would, obstensibly have more men of the age group needed than a smaller European nation, so pandemic deaths would have been less of a hit on a "soldier supply."