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minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·7 months agoWhy does it have to involve the big powers for it to be a world war? IMO that implies that less powerful countries being in chaos doesn’t matter. I always thought world war just meant a lot of countries in a related conflict.
minus-squareRothe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoBecause it is a pretty basic and factual definition of world war. War occurring in different places in the world at the same time does not equal a world war.
Why does it have to involve the big powers for it to be a world war?
IMO that implies that less powerful countries being in chaos doesn’t matter.
I always thought world war just meant a lot of countries in a related conflict.
Because it is a pretty basic and factual definition of world war. War occurring in different places in the world at the same time does not equal a world war.