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Commentators note ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and ask whether the world is edging toward a third world war. Historians define a war as “global” when it involves soldiers, labor and resources drawn from extensive colonial empires. They cite World War I (1914‑1918) and World War II (1939‑1945) as examples, noting that those conflicts spread their impact to virtually every region of the planet.

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