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It's called a world war in english because everyone and everywhere was at war during that time. Pretty much every group has a name for it in their own language.
by t-3 3mo ago
It's called a world war in english because everyone and everywhere was at war during that time. Pretty much every group has a name for it in their own language.
- worik 3mo ago> because everyone and everywhere was at war during that time. No, that is incorrect
- t-3 3mo agoIt's hyperbolic but mostly right. Wars raged on every continent outside the Americas and millions upon millions died. All those wars started at different times, but ended about the same, so they're all "WWII".
- worik 3mo ago> outside the Americas So very wrong, not "mostly right" South America is a big place, lots of people live there
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