WWII: Global or Not (veered OT) (was Voldemort's Sphere...)

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 11525

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> Ebony originally mentioned that WWII was largely confined to Europe.
> 
> > Jane Girard wrote:
> >
> > > FYI, WWII was fought in Europe, Asia and North America (if you 
count
> >
> > > Hawaii). Japan, China and Russia were heavily involved in the 
War.
> >
> > Amanda added: Don't forget North Africa!
> 
> And, I say don't forget:  India/Burma, Malaysia (one of my favorite
> novels of all time is about the events surrounding the fall of
> Singapore), Indochina, Indonesia (catalyst for the Japanese attack 
on
> Pearl Harbor had to do with embargo of Malaysian rubber and 
Indonesian
> oil IIRC), all the Pacific islands of course, the Middle East, etc.
> 
> WWII was truly global.
> 
Many Latin American nations declared themselves on one side or 
another in WWII, mostly Allied, and some I believe even sent a few 
troops, although none of them were all that involved.  Now, have we 
beaten this topic into the ground yet?

Just to veer it back to HP, while the war against Voldy/WWII 
parallels are fairly obvious, I think JKR is intending more to create 
parallels with the modern evil versions of creeping fascism and 
racism.

--Joywitch

--Joywitch.