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Other names for WW2

  • 02-04-2010 7:10pm
    #1
    BlackEdelweiss
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    By what other names was WW2 known across the world.

    World War 2 - Us, the brits, Americians etc
    The Great Patriotic War - Russia
    The Great East Asia War - Japan

    Thats all I know but I am sure other countries have their own names for it. The African countries are bound to call it something different.


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  • #2
    Mahatma coat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,869 ✭✭✭Mahatma coat


    It was called

    'The Emergency'

    In Ireland


  • #3
    hare05
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    It was called 'Progress' by the Germans until '43. Then they called it 'The Great ****up'


  • #4
    FiSe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 821 ✭✭✭FiSe


    BlackEdelweiss wrote: »
    By what other names was WW2 known across the world.

    World War 2 - Us, the brits, Americians etc
    The Great Patriotic War - Russia
    The Great East Asia War - Japan

    Thats all I know but I am sure other countries have their own names for it. The African countries are bound to call it something different.

    I think that it is known globally as the WWII / 2nd world war ...

    The Great Patriotic War refers to the period of German invasion of the Soviet Union. The same way like it's known in Finland 'Winter War' and 'Continuity War'. That's what I've heard anyway.

    In Italy it could be known as the 'African adventure' and in France as 'The Great Escape' :p


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