I used to believe that World War II had literally been fought all over the world. I also had no concept of how much time had passed since the end of that war and when I was born in 1981. I had images in my mind of the city I was born in still being in smoking ruins because of the war.
A childhood belief about wars

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that the world couldn't have possibly started before i was born.— emma
- I used to believe that I was older than my brother because I was born in June and he was born in OctoberAnon
- i believe that if im born in december im older then people born in may— runawayfox16
- I thought the world was black and white because of all the smoke from the bombs in Second World War.— Bjoern
- Until a few years ago, I believed this was a "doggy dog" world, rather than a "dog-eat-dog" world.— jemima
- I thought that you were born at a certain age. I thought my Nanna was born that big and old. :-)— Hillie