(A) ** The War to End all Wars
(B) Big Fighty
(C) The Grand War
(D) ** The Great War
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Also called The Great War, World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and set the stage for another world war just 20 years later. It was known as “The Great War”-a land, air and sea conflict so terrible, it left over 8 million military personnel and 6.6 million civilians dead.
Concept note-2: -’Great War’ was the most commonly used name for the First World War at the time, although ‘European War’ was also sometimes used. As the first pan-European War since Napoleon, ‘Great’ simply indicated the enormous scale of the conflict, much as we might today talk of a ‘great storm’ or a ‘great flood’.
Concept note-3: -Until the year 1939, the 1914-18 war was referred to as the “Great War". When war was declared in September and the realisation came that most countries of the world were involved in some way, “Great” became regarded as a misnomer so First was substituted.
Concept note-4: -World War I, also known as the Great War, began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder catapulted into a war across Europe that lasted until 1918.
Concept note-5: -So massive was the destruction wrought by this conflict that many thought it would be the war to end all wars-hence the eventual designation of it as “The Great War.” The United States had over 4.7 million men-and several thousand women-in uniform during World War I.