Why is the 1914–18 war called the First World War?

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Why is the 1914–18 war called the First World War?

Soldiers from all over the world fought on the Western Front. © Alf Wilkinson, HA Imperial Russian Army 18 February 1917

Maori soldier, New Zealand Soldiers from the British, French and German empires fought and died. © Alf Wilkinson, HA Maori soldier, New Zealand

Indian soldiers remembered on the Menin Gate, Ypres, in Belgium © Alf Wilkinson, HA

© Alf Wilkinson, HA French Muslim soldier

© Alf Wilkinson, HA Irish soldier

Australian Jewish soldier, Hooge cemetery, Belgium © Alf Wilkinson Australian Jewish soldier, Hooge cemetery, Belgium

Hedd Wyn’s gravestone at Artillery Wood Cemetery, near Boezinge, Belgium The inscription reads: 61117 Private E. H. Evans, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 31st July 1917, Age 30. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dogfael/with/14447782/ Labelled for non-commercial re-use