The influenza pandemic is a possible downstream consequence if the war ends in 1917, but the outcome cannot be predicted confidently. A viewer suggests that the absence of the historical American Expeditionary Force movement could reduce European transmission, though the reply is explicitly uncertain. An earlier peace could also leave populations better fed and living in healthier conditions when influenza arrives. These mechanisms might change severity or timing without allowing Europe to avoid the pandemic.
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An earlier peace and the influenza pandemic
The video treats the influenza consequences of an earlier end to the First World War as plausible but deeply uncertain, pointing to troop movement, nutrition, and population health without claiming the pandemic disappears.