By the time it ended in 1918, terrible food shortages had been experienced and there was a flu epidemic in which more people died than were killed in the war.
وَبِحُلُولِ نِهَايَةِ ٱلْحَرْبِ عَامَ ١٩١٨ ،‏ ٱجْتَاحَتِ ٱلْعَالَمَ حُمَّى مُمِيتَةٌ حَصَدَتْ ضَحَايَا أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَاتُوا فِي سَاحَةِ ٱلْقِتَالِ .‏