When did World War 1 got its name?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

At the time it was going on, it was called "The Great War" and "The War to End All Wars". Loosely, after it was over, it was sometimes called "The World War". Once World War II began, it automatically became "World War I".

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∙ 14y ago

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What is the other name of world war?

World War 1 is often also called the Great War. Of course, when it got this name, no one was predicting World War 2.

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Gallipoli

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THE ARCHDUKE FERDINAN OF AUSTRIA

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Cause there was an old thing they used in world war 1.

What countries did Germany and Japan conquer in World War 1?

You got the war wrong..... IT was world war 2

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we got men killed

What time did America get in World War 1?

they got in at 1917

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They got on with their lives.

What nation got out of the war a year early during World War 1?

Russia

How did World War 1 get its name?

Until World War II it was known as the 'Great War'.

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It was called the Great War, the war to end all wars

An other name for world war 1?

The Great War