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When did World War 1 got its name?

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∙ 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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