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From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wars

"The term "Second World War" was coined in the 1920s. In 1928, US Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg advocated his treaty "for the renunciation of war" (known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact) as being a "practical guarantee against a second world war". The term came into widespread use as soon as the war began in 1939. Time magazine introduced the term "World War II" in the same article of June 12, 1939, in which it introduced "World War I," three months before the start of the second war.

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15y ago

it had a lot of names in China it was called the European Civilwar the Russians called it the fatherland war but it was orginaly the great war.

Many Americans believe that this war, World War 1, was called the,"War That Ends All Wars"

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The name 'World War 1' was first used in 1940.

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not true it was first called WW1 sometime after the armistice as people realised it wouldnt prevent another war

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WW I was originally known as The Great War.

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the great war

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