I just caught 5 minutes of "QI" on TV. If you did too, keep the answer to yourself. No joke - this is true ... How long did World War Two last?
Venetian
RE: How Long Was WW2?
Isn't it officially still 'on'?
RE: How Long Was WW2?
No, but you are getting warm. ;)The Americans annoyingly say it lasted 4 years as it did for them. We usually think 7, though it was for us more like 6. (BTW this is nothing to do with the World Cup! ;)) The real WW2.
V
RE: How Long Was WW2?
Conventionally for us Brits, - 1st Sept 39 till 2nd Sept 45 - 6 years. You could argue that it all ended in 89 when the Berlin Wall came down. What did they say on QI? That it's still going on for some barmy Japanese soldiers somewhere? (I was watching Get Carter).
RE: How Long Was WW2?
That's right Sharon.
A great one for trivial pursuits! WW2 technically, officially ended in 1990, after 51 years. Before then the united nation of Germany didn't exist and it was impossible to make a peace deal!
An aside talking about war. 1989-90 turns out to have been a very dodgy time for the world. Gorbachov and - never can spell his foreign minister - Shevardnaze? - both went on record, on the front pages of UK papers, in late 1991, saying "We Stopped World War 3". That was the headline. Apparently the Soviet Navy, Army, and Air Force didn't want to lose East Germany and pressed to invade all of Germany. That would have automatically triggered a Western nuclear reaction as was planned Europe-wide and beyond. Only Gorby and Shev, with the KGB as power on their side, stood up to the military in November 1989, they say.
V