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It lasted for 6 years. 1939 to 1945.

The Second World War was from 1939 to 1945. However, in some parts of the world, such as (East) Asia, it can be considered that to have started earlier due to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria (which was a part of China) and became known as Manchukno.

The League of Nations, the predecessor to the United Nations, never really functioned properly and thus it failed to stop invasions such as the one mentioned above and also the Italian invasion of Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia).

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