Talk:World War II

This needs a huge amount of work. It is rather euro-centris at present, I would many American contributors would be able to add discussion on the war in Asia stevendavy 11:33, 22 April 2007 (EDT)

Didn't World War II begin when Germany invaded Poland on 9/1/39? Testing 15:35, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

Well, not quite, it actually pretty much started when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Austria. Still, huge mistake. I'll fix it.--Elamdri 15:38, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

Wrong war. WWI was started with the death of Ferdinand. It was September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Polan that started WWII.NSmyth15:40, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

Oops. yeah, your right. Haha, silly me. Still, we do need to fix the main article.--Elamdri 15:40, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

I did a small fix that should work for now, but anything that you or anyone can add to it, please do.NSmyth15:41, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

If you want to get hyper-technical, you could make the case it started with the Japanese invasion of China. But I don't think we need to get that in-depth, at least for now.--Dave3172 15:55, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

It says: "relatively weak United Kingdom." This would be incorrect, considering it still owned the world's largest empire, ever, at or around its peak at the start of the war.

Britain had a large Empire, but like a modern Monarch it had little power. Canada's alligence ot Britain is to their credit as they could have stayed out. India and Australia had little choice as they were involved by the war in Asia. Most of the remaining British possessions were in southern and eastern Africa will less direct involvement.

Where are the sources?

Where are the sources? This article needs sources and is part of our article improvement drive listed on the main page. Conservative 23:24, 29 April 2007 (EDT)

Overhaul needed

This article needs an overhaul, and my suggestion would be to separate it into sections according to year, similar to my American Civil War series of articles. In short, I would gut this one, rename it "World War II: Prelude in Europe", then go into detail about the conditions which led to that war, and follow it by "World War II: Europe, 1940"; "1941", etc, with a separate series of articles concerning the Pacific Theater. It would be more than a dozen separate articles, which would take a lot of time, but it would be worth it in the end. Karajou 01:44, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

Idea?

I think the article could be improved if World War II had a symbol of some sort like the American Civil War has. Just an idea. Additioner 15:50, 5 May 2007 (EDT)