<P> The term `` First World War '' was first used in September 1914 by German biologist and philosopher Ernst Haeckel , who claimed that `` there is no doubt that the course and character of the feared ' European War ' ... will become the first world war in the full sense of the word , '' citing a wire service report in The Indianapolis Star on 20 September 1914 . </P>
<P> The term `` First World War '' was first used in September 1914 by German biologist and philosopher Ernst Haeckel , who claimed that `` there is no doubt that the course and character of the feared ' European War ' ... will become the first world war in the full sense of the word , '' citing a wire service report in The Indianapolis Star on 20 September 1914 . </P>
when did they start calling world war 1
when did they start calling world war 1
September 1914
September 1914