ChapDisc: DH 18, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore

[nirupama76]

No: HPFGUIDX 182766

Niru wrote:
> > I'm going off at a tangent here. But this is the 2nd or 3rd time 
I've 
> > heard of the "five" years. Is this in DH? (I don't have the book 
> > handy). 
> 

zanooda wrote:

> Yeah, it's from Rita's book: "... Dumbledore delayed, for some 
five 
> years of turmoil, fatalities, and disappearances, his attack upon 
> Gellert Grindelwald" ("The Life and Lies ...", p.359 Am ed.). As 
for 
> your question, I believe that it's not five years from the time DD 
and 
> GG parted ways, but five years from the time GG started taking 
over 
> Europe and the wizarding community turned to DD in the hope that 
he 
> would interfere - probably from 1940 to 1945. Hope this helps,

Niru again:

Yes, it helps. Thank you. And it makes sense. The numbers simply 
don't add up otherwise. :)

- Niru