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What was the nickname for Americans in World War 1?
Doughboys. Yanks.
Who invented the Yanks during World War 2?
the Yanks were what British called Americans short for Yankees
What name was given to American soldiers in World War 2?
They were called Yanks
What nickname was given to all U.S. soldiers in world war 1?
Besides the already popular term "Yanks," US infantry soldiers in World War I were known as doughboys (the source of the nickname is not definitively established)
What were the US soldiers called during World War 1?
"Doughboys". The origin of the term is uncertain. An alternative term would have been "Yanks", an obvious abbreviation of "Yankees".
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