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by worik 22 days ago
> because everyone and everywhere was at war during that time.

No, that is incorrect
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t-3 22 days ago
It's hyperbolic but mostly right. Wars raged on every continent outside the Americas and millions upon millions died. All those wars started at different times, but ended about the same, so they're all "WWII".
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worik 21 days ago
> outside the Americas

So very wrong, not "mostly right"

South America is a big place, lots of people live there

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