Why aren't the immediate post-WW1 conflicts considered WW2? They evolved directly from that war and involved many of the same players. And when taken together, were definitely global in nature; they all also wrapped up around the same time, 1922.
>Russian Civil War
>Turkish War of Independence
>Polish-Soviet War
>Entente intervention in Russia
>Franco-Turkish War
>Franco-Syrian War
>Anglo-Iraqi War
>Sternberg's war in Mongolia
>Japanese intervention in Siberia
>Didn't involve Germany
>>2499660
They were all separated and usually involved one great power (soviet union) versus a newly independent country. (poland) Scale and distance in short
>>2499665
This. Only wars about Germany destroying Europe are considered World Wars.
>>2499660
Did they include literally every major power as well as all of their colonies?
>>2499660
Because they're part of the First World War. Why do people act like all the fighting worldwide just magically ended with the November 11th Armistice?
>>2499660
>>Russian Civil War
>>Polish-Soviet War
>>Entente intervention in Russia
>>Sternberg's war in Mongolia
>>Japanese intervention in Siberia
These can all just be considered different theaters of the massive Eurasian clusterfuck that emerged in the wake of the October Revolution, so it's not really a coincidence that they all came to a conclusion within a short time frame as the Soviet Union consolidated power.