# World War II In Other Languages **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 15, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-ii-in-other-languages/415645 "2007-08-15T01:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ElGaucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df788c/32.png) [@ElGaucho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElGaucho)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-ii-in-other-languages/415645/21 "2007-08-16T09:53:07Z")
In Romanian, it is “Al doilea razboi mondial”, and it means exactly “The second world war”. When Romania attacked Russia to recover the lost territory of what is now Republic of Moldova, that campaign was named “Razboiul de reintregire a Patriei”, meaning “The war for the Fatherland`s reunification”. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-ii-in-other-languages/415645/22 "2007-08-16T15:45:35Z")
Norwegian: Første verdenskrig Andre verdenskrig First world war Second world war ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-ii-in-other-languages/415645/23 "2007-08-19T15:15:00Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Its wartime name was the [Greater East Asian War](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_East_Asia_War). [/QUOTE] The name “Pacific War” was imposed by the American occupation government, to refocus history away from the mainland-Asia theater. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-ii-in-other-languages/415645.md?page=1)