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Trump said the 1918 Spanish Flu ‘probably ended’ WWII, which did not begin until 21 years after the pandemic – Business Insider Australia
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- During an eventful press briefing on Monday, President Donald Trump incorrectly claimed that in 1917, the Spanish Flu “probably ended the second World War.”
- World War II began more than two decades after the pandemic in 1939.
- The president likely misspoke and meant to reference World War I, the final months of which overlapped with the deadly spread of the flu pandemic, which also began in the summer of 1918, not 1917.
- The deployment of troops during…
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