When a War Went Worldwide 75 Years Ago fullscreen U.S. Navy ships on fire after the attack at Pearl Harbor (National Archives) Share article on Facebook share Tweet article tweet Plus one article on Google Plus +1 Print Article Adjust font size AA by Victor Davis Hanson July 28, 2016 12:00 AM @vdhanson The irrational aggressiveness of the Axis powers teaches us not to expect our enemies to be reasonable. Seventy-five years ago, the world blew up in just six months. World War II ostensibly started two years earlier, when Germany invaded Poland. In truth, after the rapid German defeat of Poland in September 1939, the conflict was mostly confined to Western Europe for nearly the next two years. By summer of 1940, only Britain had survived Hitler’s European victories.
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