Why so many 1917 Artillery luger in N.Z,

Steve Richards · 06-02-2003, 11:35 PM

One overlooked piece of information that I came across is the affect typhus had on the Germans. Both sides on the western front were infested with lice but for some reason, there was no typhus. The eastern front had typhus. This prevented Germany from moving troops from Russia to the west in a timely manner. They had to be deloused, all equipment deloused and the men placed in quarantine until there was NO chance of even one of them having typhus. Failure to do so and letting even one infected man through would have killed about 1/3 of the German army within two months!

06-02-2003, 11:35 PM	#18
Steve Richards User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Beaverton, Oregon Posts: 487 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	One overlooked piece of information that I came across is the affect typhus had on the Germans. Both sides on the western front were infested with lice but for some reason, there was no typhus. The eastern front had typhus. This prevented Germany from moving troops from Russia to the west in a timely manner. They had to be deloused, all equipment deloused and the men placed in quarantine until there was NO chance of even one of them having typhus. Failure to do so and letting even one infected man through would have killed about 1/3 of the German army within two months!