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How long was WOrld War Two?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

This is a surprisingly confusing subject! Most historians agree that WW2 started on 1st September 1939, when Germany invaded Poland - prompting the declaration of war on Germany by Britain and the British Empire and France. However, several countries were already at war by this stage and the for the US and the USSR the Second World War began in 1941. The war is usually considered to have ended on 2 September 1945 when Japan surrendered.

There is a slight twist; Britain declared war on Germany and Germany ceased to exist in 1945 when it was split into 4 (between Britain, France, the US and the USSR). Technically, the war finished in 1989 when Germany re-unified and the war was formally ended.

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12y ago

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