World War 3

there will be one soon, the "why dont u be a muslim" thread is why there will be one/// religion and religious fundamentalism is always trying to destroy the secular world/

What is the criteria for a war to be labelled a world war?

What is the criteria for a war to be labelled a world war?

like the previous World Wars where the West is threatened and everyone mucks in

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like the previous World Wars where the West is threatened and everyone mucks in

Are there any historians out there? I would like to know a proper answer, no offence

Since World War 2 was a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia and Thailand i think my first answer was right.

What is the criteria for a war to be labelled a world war?

Will there be a World War 3? if yes where will it start, who will start it and why?

world war

n : a war in which the major nations of the world are involved

Noun 1. world war - a war in which the major nations of the world are involved
war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"
First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918
Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945

Wikipedia
A world war is a military conflict affecting the majority of the world's countries. World wars usually span multiple continents, and are very bloody and destructive.

The term is usually used to refer to World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945). Both wars involved some degree of participation from most of the world's existing countries, specially through the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, besides the United States and the Soviet Union.

Other wars in earlier periods that saw conflict across the world have been considered world wars by some, including the Seven Years' War (1756–1763; Winston Churchill called it "the first world war" in his History of the English Speaking Peoples), the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).

There is some disagreement on whether there have been any world wars since 1945. "World War III" was widely used to refer to a hypothetical nuclear war between the Soviet Union, the United States and their allies. "World War III" has also been used to refer to the Cold War (1945–1990) and to the War on Terrorism. "World War IV" was used by Professor Eliot Cohen to refer to the War on Terrorism. However, the consensus currently seems to be there have been only two proper World Wars.

Since the conclusion of World War I, known as "the war to end all wars", international organizations have been developed to prevent the outbreak of new wars. The League of Nations was established after World War I, and collapsed with the outbreak of World War II, after which the United Nations was formed.

This article is a copy of the article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia. It is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.

Will there be a World War 3? if yes where will it start, who will start it and why?

I think it will start when an unstable country e.g. Iran/N.Korea develops nuclear weapons and sells them to the highest bidder (on ebay or at a similar auction), the winning bidder (international terrorists/Islamic extremists) will then nuke America and America (George Bush) will make the clever decision to nuke whatever country they think are harbouring the terrorists, killing us all in the process.