I’ve been thinking about it and as far as I know WW1 was essentially just a war between European great powers and their overseas colonies, where almost all of the war was in Europe and in a smaller amount in the middle east. Some independent countries in other continents declared war on the central powers but most didn’t really do anything else. Why is it considered a world war?
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Because before WWI most wars were just between 2 belligerents or 2 groups of kingdoms and fought in a geographically small area. WWI was the first time huge alliances were forged and involved every continent.
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