Muggle Wars and the Wizarding World, was OT: Teaching to the test

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Alex Fox [a kinsman perhaps?] wrote:

>What do the kids at Hogwarts know about Muggle wars, I wonder? Surely
>the effects of the two World Wars had an effect on all things within
>the confines of the British shores? Muggle OR WW.

I have often wondered that myself.  I'm sure every wizard who could got
out of London during the Blitz, but what of Platform 9 ?  Did Kings
Cross take a hit during WWII?  It would certainly be a likely target by
German bombers trying to disrupt important transportation.

Maybe Hogwarts acted as temporary lodgings for wizards of all ages who
needed to get out of the cities during WWII, the same way that large
Muggle houses and castles took in city children.  [See THE LION, THE
WITCH AND THE WARDROBE first couple chapters for more on this.]  This
may explain the large unexplored indoor areas of Hogwarts.

There have always been rumors of the occultists of Britain working for
the protection of its shores and people from outside invasion. [See
LAMMAS NIGHT by Katherine Kurtz for a fictionalization of this longtime
legend.]  So, how does this translate into the WW?  Did the British and
German wizards cancel each other out through the long World Wars?

Susan Fox-Davis