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WORLD WAR 1 WAR WAS A HORROR

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Imagine that: You were born in the year 1900 You are 14 years old when World War I begins and 18 years when it ends. Result: 22 million dead Soon after, a global pandemic, the Spanish flu, will emerge. 50 million people die. Fortunately, you are still alive and are now 20 years old. When you are 29 years old, you will survive the global economic crisis that started with the breakdown of New York's stock exchange. This led to inflation, unemployment and famine worldwide. Meanwhile, since you are 33 years old, the Nazis will come to power in Germany. Since you are 39 years old, Germany invades Poland, and begins World War II. You are finally 45 years old when World War II ends. Result: 60 million dead. 6 million Jews die in the Holocaust. Luckily you're still alive..... Since you are 52 years old, the Korean War begins. Since you are 64 years old, Americans started the war in Vietnam. You are 75 when the war ended Luckily you're still alive...... Now..... A boy born in 1980 b...