When were the tags of "world war one" and "world war two" attached to the two wars?

I understand that the first world war was called the "Great war", but at what point did it become world war one? Who coined these titles and when did they come into popular use?





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When were the tags of "world war one" and "world war two" attached to the two wars?
When the Second World War started, they were given those titles.





People viewed World War I as the "War to End All Wars." They took this from the new idea at that time that Armageddon in the book of Revelation would be fulfilled by man. They thought that the "Great War" would be the last. In fact, shortly after its conclusion, they passed an international treaty to outlaw war (which of course failed).





When the second one started and it was apparent that it would take place on a global scale, like the last one, they named it World War II and the first one World War I, since they had been mistaken before.
Reply:Wold War I didn't become that until there was another war. Shortly after the Americans became involved after Pearl Harbor,that came to be World War II, and the first one, naturally, became number one. The exact coinage cannot be traced, but was probably coined by the media of the day.
Reply:I am constantly humbled to think how the rest of the world ever managed before the Grate ( yep correct spelling) American military might or is that maybe.





The Russians refer to WW2 as " The Great Patriotic War"





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