How many years...? - Page 3

August · 09-03-09, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

December 11th, my dad's 13th birthday. (Already mentioned by Biggles, but I had to toot my old man's horn)

Yep that's my birthday as well (1959)

Biggles · 09-03-09, 02:53 PM

I beat you to it then, my birthday is the 10th! (In 1990 but still...)

TLAM Strike · 09-04-09, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Raptor1

Actually, the very last action of WWII, the Soviet occupation of the Kurils, ended today on September 1st. The Japanese surrender was announced on August 15th but Soviet troops in Manchuria continued to advance for quite some time after that.

Some consider Operation Vistula (April 1947) and the subsiquent guerrilla fighting the last action of WWII.

http://www.polandinexile.com/vistula.html

Also September 18, 1931 could be considered the real start of WWII when a couple of renigade Japanese Colonels invaded China.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukden_Incident

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Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I beat you to it then, my birthday is the 10th! (In 1990 but still...) __________________