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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink31•4 months agoI’ve always heard it was called the Great War.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•4 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 months 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”.