why did people began to call the first world war, the end of all wars?

Answer 1

Wishful Thinking

Answer 2

The "war to end all wars" or just "war" has been around before WWI.

You question is very good. Very difficult to answer.

First, WWI was 1914-1918. The quote is not really a WWI quote but started after the war. Certainly it was used before and during but I am stating it was not common, in fact ot was a rare phrase until the late 1930's when WWII loomed over the horizon at the world.

The quote quickly became "symbolic" of the futility of war and stating such things: evil people just keep getting born. American newspaper treated the quote with some distain: it was stupid.
As sad as all the millions killed in WWI and between WWI and 1939 when Hitler went into his war.

WWI was called the "Great War" meaning an epic battle for mankind, like the Union Army in our Civil War was called "The Grand Army", they ment no disrespect.

Be glad to provide more, no problem be you a graduate student or high school, but you asked a very "big" question.

Joe "Doc"
Colorado


actually my last post;

this entire forum is less than high school!

Answer 3

The people believed that such a large scale of a war, encompassing all the powers on Earth would be so devastating, that all tyranny would end, added to that Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations was also supposed to politically negotiate terms so wars would no longer erupt

Answer 4

because that's what it said in woodrow wilson's 14 pts. it was supposed to end communism