Way back when, I thought that the Second World War was decided on a football match between England and Germany. Of course, it wasn't.
A childhood belief about wars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that England was shaped like a Sewing Machine Box, Germany was a Smiling Sun. Anon
- I used to think it was illegal to speak German in Germany because of World War Two.— Anonymous
- I used to think that there were no bombs or casualties in England in World War One!— History person
- I thought the England was EDGE-land but england was ENG-landAnon
- back in the days i thought the world was black and white like in the pictures— compaq
- That germs came from Germany.— Alicia