Zenister 0
after moving from Europe and DOD schools i was shocked to discover i was going to be tested on obscure details involving AL and the Civil War (some 2 weeks of class) and yet the political tensions leading up to WWI? 3 days, the war itself? 1 day... Mind you this is high school so that is less than 3 hours on the pre-war and 50 min on WWI... 
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mnealtx 0
QuoteQuoteHmmm.....wasn't aware that there was a lot of fighting in Italy during WWI. Most history seems to concentrate on the trench warfare in France. Interesting.
That would be most US history books and classes.
The fatalities give some idea of the amount of fighting done by the various participants:
How did we get from a question on WHERE the fighting was as, to WHO did the fighting?
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Italian disaster in WW1
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/caporetto.htm
Americans made it to Italy as well.
http://www.armyhistoryfnd.org/armyhist/research/detail2.cfm?webpage_id=137&page_type_id=3
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/caporetto.htm
Americans made it to Italy as well.
http://www.armyhistoryfnd.org/armyhist/research/detail2.cfm?webpage_id=137&page_type_id=3
"Most history seems to concentrate on the trench warfare in France."
Yeah thats understandable, Clay, but there was a huge amount of fighting going on with the Turks, see TE Lawrence (Arabia), and Gallipoli for two theatres of activity.
Yeah thats understandable, Clay, but there was a huge amount of fighting going on with the Turks, see TE Lawrence (Arabia), and Gallipoli for two theatres of activity.
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And this is scary....
At around the same time period as WWI (and as bad as WWI was ... and it was really BAD ) .......
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.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/FWWcasualties.htm
http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/uda/
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At around the same time period as WWI (and as bad as WWI was ... and it was really BAD ) .......
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.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/FWWcasualties.htm
http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/uda/
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mr2mk1g 10
Mainly becuase millions of soldiers got stuck on great big ships for a month at the end of the war where the sneazed on each other as they were shipped all over the world. When they got home their families got ill too. Because the soldiers came from all over the world, the virus got sent all over the world when they were sent home - thus we got a pandemic instead of an epidemic.
Good point and I guess that a lot of peoples immune systems were low due to lack of proper food etc..
... but it was the scale.. it was just mind bogglingly huge.
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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome
... but it was the scale.. it was just mind bogglingly huge.
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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome
mr2mk1g 10
Especially when you consider that it's just a fancy name for the "Flu"!!
Quick check on the CDC reveals that even today, 39,000 people die from it each year in the US.
Quick check on the CDC reveals that even today, 39,000 people die from it each year in the US.
And here in the U.K ..
Even in non-epidemic years as many as 3,000 to 4,000 excess deaths are attributable to flu in the UK
http://www.uvig.org/faqsheets/flu.asp
http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/health_news/281003flu.html
P.S John : Sorry about the Thread Hijack
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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome
Even in non-epidemic years as many as 3,000 to 4,000 excess deaths are attributable to flu in the UK
http://www.uvig.org/faqsheets/flu.asp
http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/health_news/281003flu.html
P.S John : Sorry about the Thread Hijack
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kallend 2,174
QuoteQuoteQuoteHmmm.....wasn't aware that there was a lot of fighting in Italy during WWI. Most history seems to concentrate on the trench warfare in France. Interesting.
That would be most US history books and classes.
The fatalities give some idea of the amount of fighting done by the various participants:
How did we get from a question on WHERE the fighting was as, to WHO did the fighting?
With the exception of the British Empire and US, most of the WHO were fighting in, or in the vicinity of, their own countries. So the WHO gives a very good indication of the WHERE.
There were a lot of war theaters besides the Western Front....
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QuoteHow did we get from a question on WHERE the fighting was as, to WHO did the fighting?
Because kallend can never pass up an opportunity to bash America.
DOD?
Could you pls explain for a foreigner?
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dudeist skydiver # 3105
Could you pls explain for a foreigner?
Thx
dudeist skydiver # 3105
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DOD?
Could you pls explain for a foreigner?
Thx
United States Department of Defense (Notice the correct spelling: Defense.
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www.defenselink.mil
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How did we get from a question on WHERE the fighting was as, to WHO did the fighting?
Because kallend can never pass up an opportunity to bash America.
He really did? Have to have a look again on those posts.
But as your ears 'n eyes always seem to be kinda focussed on a possible gun thread, never pass up an opportunity....... Just let's wait a little bit.
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wmw999 2,600
DOD (Department of Defense) schools means that he grew up (most likely) in a military family, going to American schools in various countries.
The American school I went to in Brazil was considerably better than the public schools I went to in the US; it had more of a world view, and in general more challenging subject matter. I wouldn't be surprised if the same were true of the DOD schools.
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The American school I went to in Brazil was considerably better than the public schools I went to in the US; it had more of a world view, and in general more challenging subject matter. I wouldn't be surprised if the same were true of the DOD schools.
Wendy W.
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dudeist skydiver # 3105
True.......I find the slant amazing sometimes. I found it very interesting that my ex-wife (who grew up in Washington State) learned next to nothing about the war of Northern Agression. Yet learned all sorts of in depth things about the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the history of the regions Indian tribes. I grew up near Atlanta and battles took place LITERALLY in my yard. My house only missed being burned by that raping pillaging Sherman by about 1 mile or so. Good thing he was headed towards Macon instead of due South. I might have had to grow up in a differen't house!
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