is the "great war" same as world war one?

Answer 1

Yes.

Naturally, before WWII came about, they had no reason to "number" the first world war. It was called "The Great War" until later in history, after WWII happened.

Answer 2

Yes, it is. Plus it was suppose to be the 'war to end all wars'
but World War II happened almost 20 years later. Estimates of casualties are 8.5 million military deaths of all the combatants plus another 6.5 million civilian deaths for a total of 15 million people. It was almost a static front fought in trenches that ran from Belgium thru France to the Swiss border and stayed that way from Aug 1914 until 1918.
To get an idea of the enormity of the bloodshed I would recommend you read an account of the Battle of the Somme that began on July 1, 1916 (Wilkepedia gives a rather straightforward description) and look at the casulty figures for the British and French forces for that day...they are staggering. World War 1 effectively wiped out most British and French towns of young men and was called a 'generation killer' as it took the best and the brightest who served, to their death in this war.

Answer 3

Obviously, no one thought to call it World War I until after World War II had occurred. After Europe had been torn apart by the conflict, no one could imagine such a horrid war happening again, so it was referred to as "the Great War" or, alternatively, "the War to End All Wars."
Though Americans refer to it as World War I and the British typically say call it the First World War, many European nations have moved back to "the Great War" (der Grosse Krieg in German) because they recognize that it was more monumental in politically and socially restructuring Europe and that its poor resolution directly caused World War II.

Answer 4

Yes,it was called the "great war" because it was also the claim that World War One was the war to end all wars. I guess they did not think the theorem that whoever does not learn from history is damned to repeat it.

Answer 5

Yes, WW!

Answer 6

yes.