The Spanish flu, also know has the 1918 flu, killed nearly 50 million people world wide between 1918 and 1919. The Spanish flu (1918 flu) is known as the mother of all pandemics due to the fact that the world has not seen a pandemic quite like this one and has the reputation and of being the world most deadly pandemic. After 18 months, the Spanish flu (1918 flu) died off leaving many unanswered questions regarding how this deadly pandemic started, and where it originated from. It is said the the United States solderers who were stationed in Europe during this time more of them died due to the Spanish flu (1918 flu) they they did from causes of war. In less than 6 months, 675,000 people died from the Spanish flu in 1918.