[PAR35]

Hey! Don't argue with a super intelligent PhD!

Anyone who thinks World War II started with Pearl Harbor is either deeply ignorant or an ethnocentric bigot.

Italians fought in Ethiopia 1935-36. The pact with Germany was inked in 1936. In 1936, fighting began in Spain. It eventually involved forces from Italy and Germany on one side, and men and material from Russia, England and the US on the other side. The fight in Spain continued until March, 1939. Within 6 months, fighting picked up in Poland.

In Asia, fighting started as early as 1932, Although the incident at the Marco Polo bridge in 1937 could be argued as the starting point (July) as could the bombing of Shanghai (August).

Mr. PhD - do you know the date of the first Japanese attack on an American ship in World War II?

[RightWhale]

WW II started as the guns of WW I fell silent and the parties continued their quests for power.

[FerdieMurphy]

Mr. PhD - do you know the date of the first Japanese attack on an American ship in World War II?

Mr. Par 35, do you recognize sarcasm/satire when you see it?

You must keep in mind how this ridiculous thread began. Then, step by step, advance from there.

Ethnocentric bigot, eh?

[Robert A Cook PE]

Check nbr 251 for 1st attack on US ship in WWII.