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minus-squareEntropywins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·1 month agoI’ve always heard it was called the Great War.
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoYou heard correct. I have never heard any contemporary account from the time call it “WW1” - they did call it “the war to end all wars,” though.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoI found this citation referring to a book published in 1920, though I couldn’t find the text of the book itself online. What I find more interesting is the use of the phrase “millenial folk”.
I’ve always heard it was called the Great War.
You heard correct. I have never heard any contemporary account from the time call it “WW1” - they did call it “the war to end all wars,” though.
I found this citation referring to a book published in 1920, though I couldn’t find the text of the book itself online.
What I find more interesting is the use of the phrase “millenial folk”.