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2nd World War dates
- Thread starter sksvlad
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That Canadian museum display is ludicrous . You might as well say that The Great War of 1914-18 started in the year dot & has never actually ended . It's essential to place approximate time lines on major conflicts or you can't put previous or subsequent problems into context . There was still major battles going on in Europe after WW1 [ask Turkey !] & after WW2 [ask almost anyone ] . I can only assume that the person who sanctioned that Canadian exhibit was angling for some sort of trade deal with the Chinese .
Deals more with the Great War. I don't understand the 31st Dec 1947 date.
http://www.warmemorials.org/uploads/publications/117.pdf
TimG
http://www.warmemorials.org/uploads/publications/117.pdf
TimG
smle2009
Well-Known Member
possibly for deaths that happened after 1945 but due to actions from 1939-45,ie the deaths that occurred to occupying forces of Germany after the end of the war?
As for WW1,officially in Britian the dates were 1914-1919(as marked on the Victory Medal and the Territorial Force War Medal) as we also 'carried on' into 1919 'banging heads together' in Russia........some say,with good reason,that WW1 didn't end until 1945.
As for WW1,officially in Britian the dates were 1914-1919(as marked on the Victory Medal and the Territorial Force War Medal) as we also 'carried on' into 1919 'banging heads together' in Russia........some say,with good reason,that WW1 didn't end until 1945.
It is also possible that soldier were being killed up to that date by Japanese soldiers who were either unaware that the war was over, or who refused to accept it and fought on.
There were many small remote islands occupied by the Japanese and remote parts of New Guinea, where news may not have reached.
There were many small remote islands occupied by the Japanese and remote parts of New Guinea, where news may not have reached.
HUN EOD Tech lose four members this year with a russian bomb from WW II ! Shall this war end a day ?
Yoda
I seem to remember that bomb and mine clearance personnel were still covered into 1948, because those who died during clearance work were still working on WW2 munitions when they died. I guess there has to be a cut-off date. My father's unfortunate cousin who died in 1949, believed to have stepped on a mine in Libya, was technically a victim of WW2 but fell outside the cut-off date.