when did the world war two start
World war two started on the 7th of September 1939 And Ended In 1945 so That means the war Kept Going for 6 Years! The Blitz itself started on September 7th when Hermann Goering, the head of the Luftwaffe, was told by Hitler, to destroy London after the RAF made it hard for the Luftwaffe to destroy the shipping and the RAF itself.