Probably because there were clearly identifiable enemies (Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito) and the Allied countries could feel very virtuous about making whatever sacrifices were necessary to defeat them. Personally I think the term "good war" is contradictory and naively stupid. Do you mean "The Great War"? It was the largest conflict the world had experienced up to that time and of course it wasn't called the First World War because no one knew there would be a second until 20 years later.
WWII was considered a "good war" because the Allied Powers were fighting against people perceived as "evil." Hitler is the prime example here. Also, as the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and brought America into the war, many Americans felt that they had to enlist and fight for their country. However, with Vietnam the US was not directly attacked. The Vietnam War was a result of a foreign policy of containment. What the US was trying to do was contain and prevent the spread of communism throughout the world. The differences between the US and the Viet Cong were mainly political in nature, as opposed to the perceived moral and ethical differences between the Allied Powers and Hitler in WWII. There was also the serious problems brought about by the religious differemces in the South. US politics was biased in favor of the Catholic minority which held the majority of the land, much of it owned by the church itself. This element alone was a major cause of the Civil War. Agrarian reform was essential, and much of the former colonial plantations were restricted to farming only by Catholics.
Certainly the French called them the 'Boche' and to the British they were 'Huns'.... I think this is a good Q, which means I don't know the answer !
Er... 'cause it's the first world war there was... Answer #2 At the time, it was called "The Great War" because it was the largest war in history to that point. It didn't get the name World War 1 until after World War 2 started.
There has been a World War I and a World War II. There hasn't been a World War III.
I like this title for World War 2: The War Fought by the Best Generation of The 20th Century. They have been given that label and it is the absolute truth. My dad fought in that war and there has yet to be another generation like them.
Vietnam was called Vietnam after World War 2.
Both the American Civil War and World War One have been called the First Modern War.
There hasn't been a war called the 'Third World War'.
There hasn't been a world war 3 yet, so no one knows.
it would have had to have been after WW1. they didn't know there would be a second one.
World war 2 started by Germany didn't like Poland so the invaded the country & no one like that so they went against Germany and he fought and fought and eventually it became a war and there already had been a war called world war 1 so this war was called world war 2
Certainly the French called them the 'Boche' and to the British they were 'Huns'.... I think this is a good Q, which means I don't know the answer !
Er... 'cause it's the first world war there was... Answer #2 At the time, it was called "The Great War" because it was the largest war in history to that point. It didn't get the name World War 1 until after World War 2 started.
the whole war that's why its called world war
The good guys (Us) and the bad guys(Them)
War is never good.
There has been a World War I and a World War II. There hasn't been a World War III.
It was called The Great War as in large, not as good. It was the largest conflict that had ever happened and was "The Great Big War."