These Plagues Changed the Course of History
Disease can afflict even the most modern societies and the best-equipped military organizations.
Source: nationalinterest.org
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Disease can afflict even the most modern societies and the best-equipped military organizations.
As the coronavirus has shown, a single disease can change everything about how the world works seemingly overnight.
Weil er unerwartet schnell vorrückte, konnte Napoleon im Juni 1815 Marschall Blücher und seine Preußen bei Ligny schlagen. Doch der floh nicht zum Rhein, sondern schlug den Franzosen ein Schnippchen und kam so rechtzeitig nach Waterloo.
Disease and war have long worked hand in hand.