We are still occupying the old Confederate states after 150 years aren't we? :haha:

"It is well that war is so terrible — lest we should grow too fond of it. "
Robert E. Lee

That's a good one. Was it a real peace treaty, or just a formality? Well, they're all formalities in that respect, so I guess it doesn't matter.

Wow! I think you've got me beat! That was one I hadn't paid attention to.

I suspect that Raptor1's second answer is better than mine. What I was actually going for was the Treaty of San Francisco, signed in September 1951 and in force in April 1952.
http://www.taiwandocuments.org/sanfrancisco01.htm

Of course it's a formality, any date after August 23rd is a formality of some sort.

It's considered by some to be the final peace treaty of the war in Europe, because it is the only one that included all major Allied powers (France, the UK, the US and the Soviet Union) and both East and West Germany.

I completely forgot about that one, actually. :damn:

You know, I find myself wondering how the Japanese treat VJ day. If i was to guess, id say they probably pretend like nothing ever happened.

I'd put money on that.

This Wiki link is claiming the final treaty wasn't signed until 1990:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...c_irregularity

Wow. The Punic Wars raged for 2100 years.

That's the one mentioned by Raptor1 in post #49. That link makes a good argument for it, though.

"Raged"? More like simmered.

No, more like "Sat in a pot in the refrigerator and dreamed about simmering". :sunny:

I guess they both suffered from dementia as they aged and forgot about it :DL

Naw what happened was that the diplomats negotiating the treaty couldn't get any work done because they would snicker when ever someone said the word 'Punic'.

Why not, I snicker just reading it. Also, I'm eight years old.