You could also argue that the Spanish Civil War in 1936 marked the start of WWII. The same elements were there.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 10:09 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Ouch > > > Just to clarify this. The generally accepted start of WW2 was > the invasion > of Poland and subsequent declaration of war by Britain, > France, Australia > and New Zealand. I think the date was sept 2 or 3 1939. > > The Germans actually had already invaded Czechoslovakia > earlier in the year, > but Britain signed a mutual assistance treaty with Poland > (bit of a strange > one as I can't see how Poland could have assisted Britain) > about 3 months > before the Nazi invasion, hence the declaration of war. Up to > that point the > British had done their best to appease the Nazis. > > I would argue, though, that the Anschluss, or union with > Austria, was the > start of this process, or at least the most evident indicator > of it. This > took place in 1938. This was fully 3 years before Pearl > Harbour. Indeed, the > US declared their neutrality in early sept 1939, just after > Britain declared > war. > > will > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 14 December 2001 14:56 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Ouch > > > Actually any good history of WWII should have the > information. Good that is, > meaning that its not an American centric history. All too > often most have > the impression that WWII started Dec 7 1941, rather than > early September, > 1939, with the invasion of Czechoslovakia. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:50 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Ouch > > > > > > Interesting. I would like to read more about this. > > > > Any resources you could point me to would be very helpful > > > > At 09:45 AM 12/14/2001 -0500, you wrote: > > >Wrong again Nick. The British Commonwealth also had a major > > front in the > > >Pacific Theater, mainly in India, Burma, New Guinea and > > other areas in South > > >East Asia. The forces consisted of troops from Britain, > > Australia, New > > >Zealand, and India. Early on Canada lost a couple of > > thousand troops in the > > >defense of Hong Kong. Both Australia and New Zealand were > > involved in the > > >European and Middle East Theaters as well. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
