BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoAt what point does a war become a world war?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up175arrow-down1message-squareAt what point does a war become a world war?BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 days agoWhat? They didn’t call World War One World War One during World War One?
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agono, just like we didn’t (and still don’t) call what was happening a few years ago “the first COVID-19 pandemic”
minus-squareCaptDust@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up27·3 days agoFuckin retcons, right? Like when The Star Wars suddenly became “Episode 4” pssshh.
What?
They didn’t call World War One World War One during World War One?
no, just like we didn’t (and still don’t) call what was happening a few years ago “the first COVID-19 pandemic”
I did.
I will now.
Fuckin retcons, right? Like when The Star Wars suddenly became “Episode 4” pssshh.
They did!
Ernst Haeckel said it in 1914