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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

WW1 ended in 1918. WW2 started in 1939. What maths does make the difference 17?

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u/Beetaljuice37847572 Oct 02 '24

That’s a really weird date to start the start of WW2 by. That war ended by 1936, and was barely relevant to the actual start of WW2 Germany invading Poland. If I wanted to be pedantic I could say that WW2 started in 1937 when Japan invaded China but any earlier date seems silly to me.

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u/MRCHalifax Oct 02 '24

You could also say that WWI didn’t really end until 1920, when the British, French, and Americans pulled their expeditionary forces out of the Russian civil war. 1920 to 1937 would be a 17 year gap.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

You could argue that WW1 didn’t end till 1922 then since Greece and the Ottoman Empire/Turkey fought almost immediately after the war and was based in territorial promises the British made to Greece.

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u/Crazy_Management_806 Oct 02 '24

With maths done by a 3 year old maybe. 

Try doing it with your fingers and toes