 Complete the following phrase:  During the Thirty Years War 16181648, about eight million Germans were killed by bubonic plague and typhus. The disease also played a major role in the destruction of Napoleons Grande Armée in Russia in 1812. During the retreat from Moscow, more French military personnel died of typhus than were killed by the Russians. Of the 450,000 soldiers who crossed the Neman on 25 June 1812, fewer than 40,000 returned. More military personnel were killed from 1500 to 1914 by typhus than from military action. In early 1813, Napoleon raised a new army of 500,000 to replace his Russian losses. In the campaign of that year, more than 219,000 of Napoleons soldiers died of typhus. Typhus played a major factor in the 