AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I
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the Great War
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the War to End all Wars
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The First World War
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The First Modern War
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Until the year 1939, the 1914-18 war was referred to as the “Great War".