Did "it" start on September 1, 1939 or did "it" start as a result of the hyperinflation in Germany during the mid-1920's? :eek:
You are thinking of the battle at lexington and concord which was the start of revolutionary war. They called that the shot heard 'round the world.
Balderdash!! The Krauts were attacked first when German SS dressed up as Polish Military captured a German radio station on the border. Hitler retaliated the next morning with the famous Blitzkreig. Those poor Polish bastards woke up and were part of the new Reich. A German friend joked the invasion was so easy that they marched in backwards and told the Poles they were leaving. Rennick Cronkite out
The Fake Invasion at Gleiwitz that Started World War II In the late evening of Thursday, August 31, 1939, German covert operatives pretending to be Polish terrorists seized the Gleiwitz radio station in the German/Poland border region of Silesia. The station's music program came to an abrupt halt, followed by frantic German voices announcing that Polish formations were marching toward town; Germany was being invaded by Poland! Then, like a bad imitation of the previous year's infamous War of the Worlds broadcast, the transmission went dead for a moment of dramatic silence. Word of Gleiwitz Reaches Rest of World Soon, the airwaves popped and crackled to life again, and this time Polish voices (clever little devils, those Germans...) called for all Poles in the broadcast area to take up arms and attack Germany. In no time, radio stations across greater Europe picked up the story. The BBC broadcast this statement: There have been reports of an attack on a radio station in Gleiwitz, which is just across the Polish border in Silesia. The German News Agency reports that the attack came at about 8.00pm this evening when the Poles forced their way into the studio and began broadcasting a statement in Polish. Within quarter of an hour, says reports, the Poles were overpowered by German police, who opened fire on them. Several of the Poles were reported killed, but the numbers are not yet known. And thus, Hitler invented an excuse to invade Poland, which he did the next day: September 1, 1939. The day World War II began. http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Fake-Invasion-at-Gleiwitz-that-Started-World-War-II&id=505309
Somebody was shot dead and thrown from the window of a high rise building and this started the World War 2. I had seen a TV program regarding this many years back but do not remember correctly whether this was related to World War 2 or some other event/incident. But I remember somebody said "World War 2 was started by a single bullet".
Somebody said to me "World War 2 was started by a single bullet". Somebody shot somebody and the World War 2 was started. ------------------------ As I recall World War I was started when grand duke Ferdinand was murdered in Serbia. Not sure but google it.
Boy really, couldn't you talk to a high school student or google first?? Yeah that was WW1, but why is it relevant how many countries were involved in WW2? And why is it in the Economics? And why didn't you get a fairly decent education? There is no point in asking such question without giving a definition of "involved". And they didn't call it WORLD WAR for nothing....
I think 100 and more countries were directly or indirectly affected by World War 2 and it can happen again. http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation history/WW2/involved.htm
SIAP but the official French Gov was pro Nazi and fired on US Forces in Operation Torch. French resistance was working with us but not the Vichy French. This is why the french are so hated by others. They can't be trusted. Side with the Nazi's, take bribes from Iraq, quit Nato etc.