As in, "The European Theatre" and the "Pacific Theatre" in WWII.
2007-02-15 06:15:58 · 4 answers · asked by Year of the Monkey 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
In the introduction to his "Digger Dialects", a 1919 glossary of words and phrases used by Australian personnel during World War One, W.H. Downing comments: "By the conditions of their service, and by the howling desolation of the battle-zones, our men were isolated during nearly the whole of the time they spent in theatres of war, from the ways, the thoughts and the speech of the world behind them". This is the earliest recorded occurrence of the term "theatre of war".
2007-02-15 06:38:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the U.S Military created the term to cover any large area of operations. The only rule is there has to be more than one front or area of operation to be considered a theatre. If we had never gone to war with Iraq, Afganistan would never have been called the Afghan. theatre. But now, since we have two fronts, Iraq and Afghan. are now called theatres of operation.
2007-02-15 06:33:37 · answer #2 · answered by army_leads_the_way 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After the broadcast of new movies and consumption of popcorn started in the army, general patton said "you sonuvab****es turned the whole goddamn war zone into a movie theatre", thus the word theatre.
2007-02-15 06:32:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are called Theatres of Operation , because that is where the big shows are held.
2007-02-15 07:30:14 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋