[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Muggle Wars and the Wizarding World, was OT: Teaching to the test

[Ladi lyndi]

--- David wrote:
> That doesn't seem quite right to me.  Would
> wizards be taking sides 
> in a Muggle war?  It seems more plausible that
> Grindelwald would be 
> stirring up war, perhaps to try to reduce the
> Muggle population on 
> both sides, and Dumbledore to stop it.  Even
> WWII wasn't a struggle 
> between Good and Evil.


Lynn:

One idea that had popped into my head when there
was a discussion about the Imperious Curse and if
it worked on Muggles is that perhaps Grindelwald
was indeed directing things for WWII.  Or, it may
be that a good/evil WW battle was taking place
during it.  It could make sense when the Muggle
world is in such disarray that a dark wizard
would rise up and try to take over the wizard
world.  Since we don't know a whole lot about the
international relations between the different
areas in the wizarding world, it may be that one
group got together to try to take over another
group mirroring the alliances in WWII.  We know
the different countries have their own Quidditch
teams so it is conceivable.

Whatever happened, it just seems a bit too
coincidental to me that the year for the defeat
was 1945 and I hope we learn more about it at
some point.

Lynn

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