Yes, I like how a lot of these answers require the entry of the United States for it to be a legit "world war." They really do a number on us in sophomore history, don't they. I answer "whenver Japan invaded China," because it's a clear beginning for a chain of military events that ended in 1945. It's a mistake to get caught up in the semantics of "world war." We're not debating the meaning of words, but the location of a causal-chain of events in time.
World War II had no exact beginning but clearly was in progress with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 ............................. ...From September 1 1939 (Germany invades Poland) to August 8 1945 (Japan surrenders) would be what most people believe WWII timeline. 2222 Days. I ask you all what you think was the start of WWII, and you did. I am please that you all have a rich knowledge of history. However, the question I asked, “When did WWII started” may be a trick question. You see, with the events on invasions and declaration of war occur on different days or years. You never thought of the individual countries. Case example, WWII started for Manchuria in 1931 and ended 1945. Ethiopia saw the war in 1935 and ended 1944. It all depends what country you are. That is my opinion on when the war started. And I believe WWII was official when Nicaragua declared war on Rumania, Hungary, Bulgaria on Dec. 20, 1941. Reason is that’s was the last country to declare war and officially in it. I bet on December 8th was Japans first of many, many bad days of the war. And take note, The Iroquois Nation dose have a separate government system and bill of rights from U.S. They too declared war on all the axis countries. They are the ONLY North American Indian Nation that has a system that U.S. recognized.
I disagree, although I do agree that naming is important for understanding what is going on here. My analogy would be this:We call the one hemisphere of Venus "Venus," and give the other half a different name. That's what it's like when we call 1939-1945 "WWII."
Nah, that sounds more like the ETO/PTO distinction to me.
As if I didn't acknowledge that in the second line of my post that you didn't quote!
for the US, December 7,1941-BigBOBCH
Hmmm.. so when did WW2 start for the Swiss or the Swedes? Maybe WW2 never happend for them?
For Swiss and Swedes, WW2 indeed never happened to them . Missed some history lessons ?
