>>>A major cause of World War II was World War I.
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>>I think it was a major excuse used by the Germans, in particular Hitler, but not the cause.
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>I read a book about the Spanish flu last year and one of the things it pointed out was that Wilson got the flu at Versailles and was unable to participate in some of the negotiations. He understood the consequences of punishing Germany too severely and was pressing for a more just settlement.
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>Tamar

Tamar;

My grandmother was 24 when she died November 1918 due to the flu, and left her husband and four young children. Grandmothers brother had died of the flu and left a wife and three children one week before. The flu hurt many families.

Tom