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SUMMARY:Great War to Great Flu Year 3: Bleeding France White
UID:200610
DTSTAMP:20260422T221800Z
DTSTART:20260701T213000Z
DTEND:20260701T233000Z
LOCATION:Middletown Branch Library, 31 E Green Street, Middletown, MD 2176
 9, United States
ROOM: Community Room (MID)
DESCRIPTION:July 1, 2026 is the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the So
 mme. The bloodiest day in the British Army's history. The Somme offen
 sive, however, was a diversion meant to relieve pressure on the French cit
 y of Verdun. There, the Germans had begun an offensive in Feb 1916 to blee
 d the French Army white.1916 was a turning point in WWI. Belligerents on t
 he Western Front began long, horrific battles of attrition. While much has
  been written about the impact of this bloody year on the fighting men, th
 e consequences of "total war" on the civilian populations have b
 een less studied. Historian Scott Hileman will give an overview of Verdun 
 and the Somme before we see footage of the fighting in "Apocalypse WW
 I Part 03: Hell" (2016). Microbiologist Mark Chee will discuss how th
 e incredible strains of the Great War exacerbated the eventual impact of t
 he 1918 influenza pandemic.
URL:https://frederick.librarycalendar.com/event/room-hold-filmdiscussion-m
 ark-chee-200610
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