We're guessing there was less bloodshed in 1946

It's incredible how omitting context can grossly distort facts. Take this gem from Tony Blair in the Observer:

Asked if the war on terrorism had really delivered a safer world, Blair suggested things were often darkest before dawn: 'There was more bloodshed in 1941 than in 1938.'

Astonishing indeed. Except for that part about the all-out, total, world war ravaging Britain in 1941. You know, the one that hadn't yet begun in 1938.