BlondieBC
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Actually I would argue that WW II started in 1919 when the Entente doubled down on failure in Both Germany and in Revolutionary Russia.
My position is that there is a single World war. Started in August 1914, ended in 1945. In 1919, there is still fighting in Russia. USA and Japan doing joint operations in the Russian Far East. Then the Soviet/Polish war. UK loses to the Ottomans (Turkey) in 1923, and take an unfavorable peace treaty. We then get about a 10 year break of exhaustion. By 1933, we see the war cranking back up in the far east. It would not be soon until we see a war in Spain, and the Italians trying to fix the unrighted issues.
Step back to the scale of decades, and centuries, and the War World marks the end of an era. From 1550 to 1913, the White Man had a dominant run. Sure, a few wars here and there were lost, but the Europeans ended up on top. Most in 1913 would have expected this situation to last for centuries more. Now if we add all the former European masters together, the aggregate is merely the 3rd most important country in the world. In 1913, 6 of 7 most powerful countries would have been European (UK, France, Germany, Russia, Italy, A-H).