What was WW2 called, during the War?

A random strain of thought, but how did they refer to WW2 during the war...especially prior to it becoming 'Global'?

Obviously we haven't had a Global War since then, but wars in my lifetime are generally referenced to where they take place (The War in Iraq, the War in Afghanistan, etc). So, does anyone know how WW2 was referred to...from the Invasion of Poland onwards?

 

Wasn't it referred to WW2 in '39 in Time.

 

Interesting that they would use the term so early - though I wonder if this is because of the 'freshness' of WWI in everyones minds, with the same aggressor leading the way.

 

In everyday parlance in Britain, it was simply "the war", with a not necessarily spoken distinction from "the last war" (WW1).

Nomenclatural niceties as to whether it was actually a world war were not uppermost in most people's minds.

 

Great shower thought MrM.
Was WW1 already considered the great war before WW2.
When was WW1 coined...When was WW2 coined

 

Or like many media outlets from time immemorial they were trying to hype the story, then again even a broken clock is right twice a day and the blind pig finds the truffle.

 

During the first year I think it was referred to as "Oh F***, Not Again."

 

Hahahah...Good one, because it was true

 

I've seen it referred to as "this present emergency" in wartime British literature.

 

Actually y'all are all wrong. I think that the Seven Years War (aka The French & the Indian War) should have been the real first global war. It should've been rightfully called WW1. Lots of fighting all over the globe in that one. Then possibly the American Revolution could've been the legitimate WW2. Lots of scattered fighting there too. Them maybe the Napoleonic Wars, since it took place on several continents to include North America if you include the War of 1812 in the mix. So that should've been WW3. Then what we called the Great War should take it's place in the scheme of things as WW4. The the big shoot'em up we all know and love as WW2 should be re-named WW5. Then who knows, in maybe a couple hundred years or so, historians will lump the Cold War into WW6. Not a bad consideration at all once you think about it.

That oughta stir things up a bit.

 

Oh Hell, not that one again. You missed out the bit about all the Franco-British wars from 1689-1815 being "The Second Hundred Years War". :headbonk:

 

It was called "The War to End All Wars" since it was hoped to be the last one I thought. Really, that notion lasted about a day since there were so many revolutions and little wars that broke out by 1920.

 

I'd sign a petition to outlaw war.
-War, what is it good for
absolutely nothing
say it again

 

If you are gonna do it then do it right.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQHUAJTZqF0

 

Thanks man. Together, we can do it.