WHY is World War One called the "Total War"??????????????

Answer 1

I have never heard it called "The Total" war as a title. I have heard "The War to End War", or "The Great War". It was the beginning of something called total war, which was war against a country's civilians as much as its military. That delightful concept came to fruition with mass bomber raids and the V1 and V2 attacks in WW II.

Answer 2

That is a phrase i am unfamiliar with. The Great War or War to end all wars is what I have more often known it to be referred as.

One reason is that as a result of this war, 4 empires crumbled, the Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman and Russian. Which (apart from sowing the seeds of WWII) marked then end of the Old World order that had been in existence since the days of the Napoleonic wars.

Answer 3

Because virtually the entire world was involved in the war--for the first time in history. Because much of Asia and Africa were dominated by European countries, this war, which involved all of Europe, easily morphed into a war that involved African and Asian colonies, and which the great powers vied for their interests abroad as well as at home.

Answer 4

It was not. It was called the Great War. Because it was the bloodiest and biggest war ever fought (until WW2).