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   XPost: soc.culture.african   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 19:02:48 -0400, "186282@ud0s4.net"   
   <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:   
      
      
   >   According to treaties, this obligated the British   
   >   to make war on Germany.   
   >   
   >   And so it began.   
      
   That's only when it began in the European theatre.   
      
   Two dates are commonly given for its end -- VE Day and VJ Day, and   
   perhaps the same needs to be done for its beginning.   
      
   In Africa, WWII began earlier, on 3 October 1936, when Italy invaded   
   Ethiopia.   
      
   In Asia, it began earlier still, on 18 September 1931, when Japan   
   invaded Manchuria.   
      
   And even in Europe one could perhaps say it began earlier, with the   
   German Anschluss with Austria, perhaps, or the invasion of   
   Czechoslovakia.   
      
      
      
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   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
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