U.S. and Israeli forces bombed Iran on Saturday amid ongoing peace talks between Iran and the U.S. Explosions could be heard across Tehran. In a statement, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared a "special and permanent state of emergency" across Israel. The Israeli government described its attack as "preemptive." Several news organizations reported that Israel
Because it is a pretty basic and factual definition of world war. War occurring in different places in the world at the same time does not equal a world war.
Why does it have to involve the big powers for it to be a world war?
IMO that implies that less powerful countries being in chaos doesn’t matter.
I always thought world war just meant a lot of countries in a related conflict.
Because it is a pretty basic and factual definition of world war. War occurring in different places in the world at the same time does not equal a world war.