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The Western Front has a different context in Europe, the trenches of WW1. I'm not sure what it means in the American context but maybe it's referring to the westward expansion and colonisation?

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As someone born and raised in the western US, I think of "western front" as WWI, not the westward expansion of the US. There are different terms for that.

The famous book refers to WWI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front

it means the WW1 front in the US as well. I've never heard it used to refer to the western frontier/American frontier/wild west

And in any event, to be extra nitpicky, the mountain climber guy depicted is representative of neither the western frontier, nor the western front.

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