well you know why every one hates the french

The problems in America they don't seem to teach history where America is not to involved. WW1 was fought from the South Atlantic and around the Falklands, all around Africa as Germany had a number of Colonies there. There were also battles in the the Pacific again against Germany Colonies, and these were fought by mainly Australian troops. Now with a war zone from Russia right down to the Antarctic and across the Pacific, I would call that a world war.