thomblake comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 4 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 18 October 2010 02:43:46PM 4 points [-]

There was a war with Grindelwald that took the place of World War 2 in the wizarding world. Presumably, many of the older generations perished in that conflict as well. And we have few tales of the potentially-bloody history prior to that.

Comment author: TobyBartels 21 October 2010 01:34:39AM 4 points [-]

There was a war with Grindelwald that took the place of World War 2 in the wizarding world.

It's very slightly hinted in canon that these were actually the same war. In MoR (and, I would guess offhand, quite a few other fanfics), this is pretty well confirmed.