Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-108.35.168.58-20170531205843/@comment-26088681-20170531210252

Well this is exactly what is meant to happen since Middle-Earth is supposed to be a legendary past of our world. When Tolkien first started his legendarium, it was meant to be a mythology for England. Therefore we can consider that WWI, WWII, and, generally speaking, every recent events that occurred in our world are the future of Arda.