The term "First World War '' was first used in September 1914 by German biologist and philosopher Ernst Haeckel, who claimed that "there is no doubt that the course and character of the feared ' European War '... will become the first world war in the full sense of the word, '' citing a wire service report in The Indianapolis Star on 20 September 1914.
when did they start calling world war 1
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