After it was over World War I was called the war to end all wars because it was so destructive that the nations of the world wanted to prevent such slaughter from ever happening again.

Who said ww1 was the war to end all wars. He was one of the lucky ones who came home from. The phrase war to end all wars was first used by the British author H. July 2014 marks the centennial of World War I prematurely and naively called The War to End All Wars by its instigators or more aptly The Great War.

The entry on US. Commonly cited as the war to end all wars or a similar variant the phrase was quickly adopted as a slogan to explain British and later American. The number of men mobilised by both sides.

The War To End All Wars Poem by Stanley Cooper. Winston Churchill subsequently said that the British sea commander Admiral Sir John Jellicoe was the only man on either side who could have lost the war in an afternoon. He and others felt that this war would put an end once and for all to the sort of governments and attitudes.

A shoddy and homophobic essay on T. David Lloyd George 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor and British statesman was a loud opponent to the phrase. The bloody conflict pitted empires against empires as the European powers vied for superiority in the battlefield and ultimately victory.

France and Belguim declare war on AH. One of our founders Dallas Pratt was related to a number of people who saw active service including his uncle Henry Rogers Benjamin who was based in Italy as part of the Naval Reserve Flying Corps NRFC. The war to end all wars was one of the most common catchphrases used to describe World War I.

Germany declares war on France Russias ally and prepares to invade Belgium 6. Armistice Day was supposed to mark the end of the War to End All Wars It is now called Veterans Day as Americans honor the veterans of all wars and conflicts. Mockingly he said that The Great War like the next war is a war to end war and of course he was right.