# Was WWII ever called "the Six Years' War"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 19, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-wwii-ever-called-the-six-years-war/982922 "2023-04-19T20:15:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-wwii-ever-called-the-six-years-war/982922/5 "2023-04-19T20:57:15Z")

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Earlier threads:

> [@When did WW 2 get its name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-ww-2-get-its-name/501940/12):
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> It appears to have been used regularly by newspapers during the war. I have a subscription to Newspaper Archive, which allows you to search hundreds of mostly smaller papers. On preview I see samclem beat me, but my search was deeper. stuck_out_tongue Entering whole phrase World War II and limiting the years to 1942-1945 yields 60,360 hits. The usage of “World War II” is exactly the way we use it today. Chester Times - June 3, 1944, Chester, Pennsylvania (Copied with all errors of scanni…

> [@WWII during WWII?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-during-wwii/601985):
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> Hello Everyone, I apologize for having two active questions, but this one is really puzzling me. Was World War II referred to WWII while it was going on? I mean in the late '30’s until '41 it was still pretty much a Europe war and localized Asian war. When did it become known as WWII and was it called anything else during the conflict?

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