Portugal on the fronts of First World War
Portugal's war contribution to the victory of the Entente in World War I was redeemed by about 12,000 lost soldiers on European and colonial fronts and at sea. Civilian casualties climbed to 220,000, of which 82,000 per famine due to the collapse of supplies and 138,000 from the "Spanish flu". The following article deals with the main events on the ground battlefields.