World War II
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khalikasam3
Who coined wars of 1914 and 1939 as

"world war I" and "world war II"? and why?
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Yoda55
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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
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