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.
Līdz 1918. gadam, kad šis karš beidzās, daudzviet bija pieredzēts bads, turklāt uzliesmoja gripas epidēmija, kurā gāja bojā vairāk cilvēku, nekā tika nogalināts karā.