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Doesn't the war start when the invasion fleet arrives on Earth, and not when it leaves Proxima Centauri B? [[User:Fatold|Fatold]] ([[User talk:Fatold|talk]]) 13:50, 24 May 2023 (UTC) | Doesn't the war start when the invasion fleet arrives on Earth, and not when it leaves Proxima Centauri B? [[User:Fatold|Fatold]] ([[User talk:Fatold|talk]]) 13:50, 24 May 2023 (UTC) | ||
− | :I was thinking the same thing, but I think there is an argument that the ''war'' starts when it is declared, while the ''fighting'' or ''battle'' | + | :I was thinking the same thing, but I think there is an argument that the ''war'' starts when it is declared, while the ''fighting'' or ''battle'' starts later. -FH [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.158|162.158.159.158]] 16:20, 24 May 2023 (UTC) |
::It can be argued whether it's when news arrives of the declaration. Though that should be ahead of the fleet (or simultaneous with it, ''de facto'' if not ''de jure''). | ::It can be argued whether it's when news arrives of the declaration. Though that should be ahead of the fleet (or simultaneous with it, ''de facto'' if not ''de jure''). | ||
::It's perhaps more message than action for {{w|Phoney War|WW2}} in 1939, or action than message for {{w|Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire|the US}}. | ::It's perhaps more message than action for {{w|Phoney War|WW2}} in 1939, or action than message for {{w|Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire|the US}}. | ||
::(For those who consider that the conflicts starting in 1931/1935/1937/whatever, and seemlessly became WW2 at some point up to or including 1941, you can hold to your own ordering of the requisite events.) | ::(For those who consider that the conflicts starting in 1931/1935/1937/whatever, and seemlessly became WW2 at some point up to or including 1941, you can hold to your own ordering of the requisite events.) | ||
::Though if the act of starting the war involves the assasination of some visiting figure who forms part of a line of succession (hereditary royalty or constitutional figurehead of any other kind) then the simultaneity of the role passing on to their successor is a question that might need addressing... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.80|172.70.91.80]] 17:46, 24 May 2023 (UTC) | ::Though if the act of starting the war involves the assasination of some visiting figure who forms part of a line of succession (hereditary royalty or constitutional figurehead of any other kind) then the simultaneity of the role passing on to their successor is a question that might need addressing... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.80|172.70.91.80]] 17:46, 24 May 2023 (UTC) | ||
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