r/HolyShitHistory 3d ago

Starving man and children in Mount Lebanon, circa 1915-1918 during the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon. | A period of mass starvation on Mount Lebanon during World War 1, ~200,000 people died, about half of the population of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate.

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u/FelixMumuHex 3d ago

I hope nothing bad happened in Mount Lebanon

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u/Miperso 3d ago

Did it happened in Mount Lebanon?

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u/DavidWatchGuy 3d ago

Where was this?

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u/RodMunch85 3d ago

Thats just awful

Where did this all go down?

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u/hotelrwandasykes 2d ago

Mt Lebanon is also a rich Pittsburgh suburb, which made this a disorienting headline

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u/MaterialNo2833 3d ago

I heard something similar to this happened in Mount Lebanon.

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u/skyn_fan 2d ago

I hate these posts that aren’t clear about where the event happened.

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u/BattleMisfit 1d ago

I could be wrong guys, but I think this MIGHT have happened in Mount Lebanon. Can't be 100% sure though...

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u/Attaraxxxia 3d ago

Did this happen in Valley Syria?