when did the world war start and end?

Answer 1

1914-1918
1940-1945

Answer 2

The term "World War" was coined in the early 20th century, some years before the First World War broke out. It was recognized that the complex system of opposing alliances—German Empire-Austria-Hungary-Italy vs French Third Republic-Russian Empire-United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland-Serbia—was likely to lead to a global conflict in the event of war breaking out. The fact that the powers involved had large overseas empires virtually guaranteed that a conflict would be global, as the colonies' resources would be a crucial strategic factor. The same strategic considerations also ensured that the combatants would strike at each others' colonies, thus spreading the fighting far more widely than in the pre-colonial era.


When asked what kind of weapons would be used to fight World War III, the physicist Albert Einstein replied:

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
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Actually, Einstein was wrong, after WW III, however it evolves, there will not be another World War for a long, long time; the industrial northern hemisphere will be blown back some 200 years at least.

Answer 3

Which one? World War I officially started in 1912 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but the U.S. didn't get involved until 1914. It ended in 1918 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. World War II officially started in 1939 when the Nazis invaded Poland. Again, the U.S. didn't get involved until December 7, 1941 after the bombing of the U.S. Naval Station in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Japanese. It ended in 1945 -- the Germans surrendered to Allied troops in May 1945 after the overrun of Berlin, and the Japanese surrendered in August 1945 after the second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki.

Answer 4

WW1. 1914-1918 WW2 For Europe, was 1939-1945. For America 1940-1945.

Answer 5

Only if you are from the US do world wars get divided!
For the rest of the world, the world war started in the 1870's and ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall
BTW
1914-1918
1940-1945
were just the dates of US involvement

Answer 6

The world has always been at war so really the world war has never ended.

Answer 7

World war II began in Late August, early september 1939with the German invasion of Poland, and ended in August of 1945 with the unconditional surrender of Japan.

Answer 8

Start 11:30am Tuesday the 22nd March 2010
End 4:30 (just after tea time) Friday 11th April 2011

Answer 9

There were two world wars.

Answer 10

Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 one so WW2 1931-1945
and WW1 1914-1918
I suggect looking up the proceeding of the treaty of Verailles. it really interesting.

Answer 11

1914-1918
1940-1945

the us did not go in the 2ND wold war until 1941 after the Japaneses attack