17.09.2010, 16:42
I should have mentioned that what I meant that offically(on paper) World War II did not end in 1945. I think the actual declarations of war were struck down by the US in 1953 and the USSR 1955. I'm not sure about the UK though.
And oddly enough you consider WWII to be multiple wars. You had the European Theater and the Pacific Theater, both of which really were totally seperate and unrelated. Then there's some little other wars like in Iraq volunteer German Bf-110s fought against the British.
You also have groups like the Nationalists and Communists and China, while fighting a common enemy they also fought each other, then you also have a little period where Romania had a dictator who wanted to get Transylvaina, and also not get swallowed up by the Third Reich.
Romania then overthrew him, reinstated the monarchy and declared war on Germany. It was the only time in the war when it became a three-way conflict, where Romania was fighting the Allies and Axis.(Russia and Germany) But of course after the war the Soviets slapped one of their puppet governments on Romania.
So specifically you can not put a start date and and an end date for the entire war. Europe wise it began 1 September 1939 and ended May 7(or 8th for eastern front) 1945 for Germany. Pacific wise it started in 1931 and ended September 2, 1945. Of course there's the actual ending of declarations of war and treaties. And it could also be plausible that WWII simply became the Cold War and last until 1991, and that it turned from a war of democracy versus fascism into versus communism.
I'll stop my history lecture now... :mrgreen:
And oddly enough you consider WWII to be multiple wars. You had the European Theater and the Pacific Theater, both of which really were totally seperate and unrelated. Then there's some little other wars like in Iraq volunteer German Bf-110s fought against the British.
You also have groups like the Nationalists and Communists and China, while fighting a common enemy they also fought each other, then you also have a little period where Romania had a dictator who wanted to get Transylvaina, and also not get swallowed up by the Third Reich.
Romania then overthrew him, reinstated the monarchy and declared war on Germany. It was the only time in the war when it became a three-way conflict, where Romania was fighting the Allies and Axis.(Russia and Germany) But of course after the war the Soviets slapped one of their puppet governments on Romania.
So specifically you can not put a start date and and an end date for the entire war. Europe wise it began 1 September 1939 and ended May 7(or 8th for eastern front) 1945 for Germany. Pacific wise it started in 1931 and ended September 2, 1945. Of course there's the actual ending of declarations of war and treaties. And it could also be plausible that WWII simply became the Cold War and last until 1991, and that it turned from a war of democracy versus fascism into versus communism.
I'll stop my history lecture now... :mrgreen: