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WW I, also known as the Great War (or in Russia, the Great Patriotic War) was unprecedented because it was the first major war fought with industrial age technology. There had been some very large wars in the past, but they were fought on horseback, or on foot, not with trucks and planes and trains and so forth. Modern technology increases both the speed and power with which armies can attack other armies or civilian populations. Added to the technological element is the size of the empires involved. WW I involved a higher percentage of the world's population and geographic locations, than any previous war. It truly deserved to be called a world war. All previous wars, however large, did not involve the whole world.
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Why was the war that began in 1914 called a world war?
The war in 1914, originally called the Great War, was later called a world war as it was fought by more countries and on a larger scale than any war before.
Is there a time in America's history when volunteers made a difference?
in the civil war that is a great time when volunteers made a difference
How did the cold war spark the Great War?
The cold war did not spark the great war
IS the Civil war called Great War?
World War I was originally called "The Great War" (not the Civil War)
Which countries made up the great power during world war 1?
Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, Russia and Austrau- Hungarian empire
