At what point in World War II did people start calling it "World War II?"?

Answer 1

Prior to Germany attacking Poland in September of 1939 the First World War was simply called "The World War". When England and France declared war on Germany it was apparent that the sides would be very much the same as before, even though America and the USSR weren't in the fight yet, and almost immediately it was referred to as the "Second World War." Japan and Italy would side with Germany this time around but otherwise the big three, America, England and Russia, France having caved and surrendered a few weeks into the fighting, would bear the brunt of the war.

Answer 2

That's an excellent question, especially when you hear the sub-text of when do we call World War III by that name? Some might say we are in WWIII already, some might say it's on the horizon while others believe it isn't WWIII until the nukes start flying. I guess the definition of World War is a little ambiguous, which I never really thought about before.

Scarry times.

Answer 3

When America entered in the world then it was called World War || because then all the countries entered in the War

Answer 4

When Germany and Japan got involved in the war

Answer 5

when the japs attacked pearl harbour