19. WWII Didn’t Happen
There is a strong argument that World War II is just an extension of World War I. This is predicated on the fact that Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by invading Poland and expanding the German military. In addition, Japan sought to continue their battle because they felt cheated during the first World War.
Many scholars argue that World War I never ended, it just took a break that lead to more fighting, which we then named World War II. We will continue to refer to it as World War II throughout this article though, for the sake of clarity.