Well, it wasn't called that while it was going on. "The Good War" is the title of a book by Studs Terkel. The book is a collection of oral histories. Terkel interviewed people about their WWII experiences and collected these interviews into a book. Terkel was working on this in the 60s and 70s and his book was published just after the Vietnam War was finally, at long last, over. So, in contrast to Korea and Vietnam, by that time WWII looked like a "good war". The people of the US had been completely united behind the war effort in WWII, they were animated by a spirit of sacrifice, society was completely mobilized and every effort was directed toward the single goal of winning the war so they boys could come home. Ten per cent of the US population was in uniform for WWII. In contrast Korea was a real let down - we did not win, for the first time ever in a US war, but we also did not lose. It was a "limited" and very unsatisfying war. Vietnam became completely divisive of the people in America and was finally ended because the American people turned overwhelmingly against continuing an endless war for the benefit of a tinhorn crook of a South Vietnamese dictator, whose own people would not fight for him.
The good guys (Us) and the bad guys(Them)
War is never good.
The Great War,The War To End Wars,The war to make the world safe for democracy. The first two were most commonly used.
The Great War, or the War to end all Wars.
The Great War
We called them &^%#$% and *^#%^^& YANKEES!
In World War I the British called the Germans Jerry/Jerries although it was more commonly used in world war II.
German- Americans and Irish- Americans were commonly called hyphenateds during the WWI area.
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 !
The people who supported the Vietnam War were commonly knowns as hawks.
the whole war that's why its called world war
The good guys (Us) and the bad guys(Them)
The Great War,The War To End Wars,The war to make the world safe for democracy. The first two were most commonly used.
War is never good.
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."
1857 is supposed to be called as the First War of Independence of India but the Britishers called it as Mutiny.
The First World War is commonly known as:World War IThe Great WarThe War to End all Wars.