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Question: When did World War II get its name? On November 19, 1939, Melbournes The Argus asked the question: By what name will the war, which the democracies are waging against Hitlerism, be known to history? The paper reported: Military leaders and other leaders of the community in Melbourne were puzzled yesterday to find an answer to the query. All voted it was too early to guess. Humorists abroad have already dubbed it the Confetti War because of the RAF pamphlet raids over Germany. The Americans use the scientific label World War II. Some named it the War for World Freedom, the War for Liberty and the War of Words because of the diplomatic hustle that accompanied it. The hope of the world is that it will be over soon enough to let us remember it as the war of 1939, it was written. Answer: World War II got its name from the Americans, as early as November 1939. The following link suggests the name appeared as early as February 1919, when a Manchester Guardian article used the term much in the way people today predict a hypothetical “World War III.” #WW2 bit.ly/AusWarStories #WorldWarII #WW2history
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:40:58 +0000

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