Who coined wars of 1914 and 1939 as
"world war I" and "world war II"? and why?
replied to: khalikasam3
Replied to: Who coined wars of 1914 and 1939 as
"world war...
Check out the following site:
(www)faqs.org/qa/qa-5094.html and look for the entry by MikeyInFL dated 13-AUG-2006. He has no citations, but it appears he just reported what he read.
Also see:
(en.wikipedia.org)/wiki/WWI in the Etymology section