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Originally Posted by Galactic G
Well I would say that the invasion of Poland was the start of the war in the European Theatre. However, I think that the first shot in WWII was actually shot on the night of the 7 July 1937 by Chinese soldiers .
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Hi,
Yes, that is the trouble we get into trying to define something like this. It all becomes a matter of definition.
- is the first shot before or after the formal declaration of war?
- would the Second Sino-Japanese war have precipitated world war if nothing else had happened?
- what is world war - literally "war around the world"? Did that not start until the first shot at Pearl Harbour (by the USS Ward)?
Anyway all this doesn't really belong in IIS, so that's my last shot in the matter
Cheers