re: I feel like schools need to start teaching the start of World War II as July 7, 1937...

quote:

---

why not the invasion of Manchuria on Sept 18, 1931

---

And the fun fact that Japan was our ally in WW1, so technically the "Allied Powers" started WW2. The problem with WW2 is that the role of antagonist is lazily applied to Germany and Japan. Obviously they were wrong with the Nazi extermination of Jewish populations and the total war Manchuria by the Japanese; but outside of that the cause of the war was mere Newtonian reaction from sanctions by the Allies on both Germany and Japan.

Economic warfare is just pre-season for regular season warfare. This is why I think the sanctions on Russia was the dumbest thing that the West could have done. They simply galvanized the response by Russia and her allies.