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HotTeaBag

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7. Actually, he's not entirely correct but he's not entirely incorrect.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 01:54 PM

Jun 2020

The 'Spanish' flu did take a horrific toll on soldiers during the First World War.

More American soldiers died of it, and pneumonia than on the battlefields.

It's not however the reason the war ended.

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Trump says that World War I ended because soldiers got too sick to fight in 1917 pandemic [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP

Obama, and, to be fair, probably even Bush Jr. would have already read greenjar_01 Jun 2020 #1

I don't know how the WWII statements help him. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #2

Except that WWI (not II) was over in November of 1918, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #5

Obviously I'm not presidential material. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #8

But much more than some folks I can think of... The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #9

Such a low bar. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #10

You might have your wars mixed up. Tipperary Jun 2020 #11

Yes as I have been told already. Thanks. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #12

Dear Leader Pignuts gets his history from alt-right memes online. Thomas Hurt Jun 2020 #3

WTF!! Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #4

What ended World War I no_hypocrisy Jun 2020 #6

Actually, he's not entirely correct but he's not entirely incorrect. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #7