Re: When was the second world war named?

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:28:04 -0400, Rich Rostrom
<rrostrom.21stcentury@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Americans have no special name for their parts
of the war.

I often speak of the Pacific War, since it is difficult to speak of
WWII in the Pacific.

Pacific War: Dec 1941 - Aug 1945.

Sino-Japanese War: Jul 1937 - Aug 1945.

To do otherwise is to cause problems with the dating of WWII, since
the hostilities in China began before the unpleasantness in Poland.

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