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World War I Vs World War II - Difference and Comparison Diffen
World War I Vs World War II - Difference and Comparison Diffen
World War I Vs World War II - Difference and Comparison Diffen
AmericanCivilWar
vs.
RevolutionaryWar
TheFirstWorldWar(WWI)wasfoughtfrom1914to1918andtheSecond
WorldWar(orWWII)wasfoughtfrom1939to1945.Theywerethelargest
militaryconictsinhumanhistory.Bothwarsinvolvedmilitaryalliances
betweendierentgroupsofcountries.
WorldWarI(a.k.atheFirstWorldWar,theGreatWar,theWarToEndAll
Wars)wascenteredonEurope.Theworldwarringnationsweredividedinto
twogroupsnamelyTheCentralPowersandTheAlliedPowers.Thecentral
powersgroupconsistedofGermany,AustriaHungary,TurkeyandBulgaria.
TheAlliedpowersgroupconsistedofFrance,Britain,Russia,Italy,Japan,and
(from1917)theU.S.
WorldWarII(a.k.atheSecondWorldWar),theopposingalliancesarenow
referredtoasTheAxisandTheAllies.TheAxisgroupconsistedof
Germany,Italy,andJapan.TheAlliesgroupconsistedofFrance,Britain,the
U.S.,theSovietUnion,andChina.WorldWarIIwasespeciallyheinousbecause
ofthegenocideofJewishpeopleperpetratedbytheNazis.
Comparison chart
World War I
Periodand 1914to1918;4years
duration
Triggersand AssassinationofArchduke
causes FrancisFerdinandofAustriain
June1914.Militarism,
Imperialism,nationalismand
alliancesystem.
Conictbetween TheCentralPowers(Germany,
AustriaHungary,andTurkey)
andtheAlliedPowers(France,
Britain,Russia,Italy,Japan,and
(from1917)theU.S.)
Casualties Estimatedtobe10million
militarydead,7millioncivilian
deaths,21millionwounded,and
7.7millionmissingor
imprisoned.
Genocide TheOomanEmpire(Turkey)
carriedoutgenocideof
Armenians.
Methodsof Foughtfromlinesoftrenchesand
warfare supportedbyartilleryand
machineguns,infantryassault,
tanks,earlyairplanesand
poisonousgas.Mostlystaticin
nature,mobilitywasminimal.
World War II
1939to1945;6Years
Politicalandeconomicinstability
inGermany.Theharsh
conditionsoftheTreatyof
VersaillesRiseofpowerofAdolf
HitlerandhisalliancewithItaly
andJapantoopposetheSoviet
Union
TheAxisPowers(Germany,Italy,
andJapan)andtheAlliedPowers
(France,Britain,theU.S.,the
SovietUnion,andChina)
Over60millionpeoplediedin
WorldWarII.Estimateddeaths
rangefrom5080million.38to55
millioncivilianswerekilled,
including13to20millionfrom
warrelateddiseaseandfamine.
GermanNaziscommied
genocideagainstJewsand
Romanis.
Nuclearpowerandmissileswere
used,modernconceptsofcovert
andspecialoperations.
Submarinesandtankswerealso
moreheavilyused.Encryption
codesforsecretcommunication
becamemorecomplex.Germany
usedtheBlikriegghting
method.
GO
Outcomes TheGerman,Russian,Austro
HungarianandOomanempires
weredefeated.AustroHungarian
andOomanempiresceasedto
exist.TheLeagueofNationswas
formedinthehopeofpreventing
anothersuchconict.
Postwarpolitics Resentmentwiththeonerous
termsoftheTreatyofVersailles
fueledtheriseofAdolfHitlers
partyinGermany.Sosome
historiansbelievethatinaway,
WorldWarIledtoWorldWarII.
Thewarendedwiththetotal
victoryoftheAlliesover
GermanyandJapanin1945.The
SovietUnionandtheUnited
Statesemergedasrival
superpowers.TheUnited
Nationswasestablishedtofoster
internationalcooperationand
preventconicts.
TherewasaColdWarbetween
theUnitedStatesandRussiaafter
theendoftheSecondWorldWar
untilthecollapseoftheUSSR
(19471991).Thewarsin
Afghanistan,VietnamandKorea
were,inasense,proxywars
betweenthetwonations.
Natureofwar Warbetweencountriesfor
acquiringcoloniesorterritoryor
resources.
Warofideologies,suchas
FascismandCommunism.
Abbreviation WWIorWW1
WWIIorWW2
Alsoknownas TheGreatWar,TheWorldWar,
TheKaisersWar,TheWarofthe
Nations,TheWarinEurope,or
TheEuropeanWar,WorldWar
one,FirstWorldWar,Thewarto
endallwars
American WoodrowWilson
presidentduring
thewar
SecondWorldWar,WorldWar
Two,TheGreatPatrioticWar
FDR,HarryTruman
3Warstrategies
4Outcomes
4.1WorldWarI
4.2WorldWarII
5References
2.2WorldWarII
Sequence of events
World War I
ThesequenceofeventsforWorldWarIbeganin1914withAustriaHungarydeclaring
waronSerbiaon28July1914inabidtoreassertitsauthorityasaBalkanpower.With
warbreakingoutbetweenAustriaHungaryononesideandSerbiaontheother,
Europequicklyfellbacktothealliancesnationshadformed.AustriaHungaryand
Germanywereallies.SerbiawasalliedwithRussia;aswasFrance.RussiaaidedSerbia
andaackedAustria.SoAustriaHungarywasghtingintwofrontswithSerbiaand
withRussiaandconsequentlylostonbothfronts.InabidtoaidAustriaHungary
againstRussia,andfearinganaackfromFrance,Germanymobilizeditsarmyand
aackedFrance.
1915
TheFrench,redeployingroundParis,togetherwiththeBritish,checkedthenow
extendedGermanarmiesontheMarne.InMarchandApril1915Britishseaand
extendedGermanarmiesontheMarne.InMarchandApril1915Britishseaand
landforcesaackedtheDardanelles.TheTurkscounteredboththreats,causing
theBritishtoevacuatetheGallipolipeninsulaattheendof1915.
AjointAustroGermanoensiveatGorliceTarnow(2May1915)unlocked
RussianPolandandthetsarsshaeredarmiesfellback
In1915theAlliesagreedthatsimultaneousaacksonallfrontswerethewayto
drainthereservesoftheCentralPowers
1916
On21February1916GermansaackedtheVerdunsalient;howeverthisaack
wasstalledinJune.AustriansindependentoensiveagainsttheItaliansinthe
Trentinoalsostalled.
1917
GermanynallyadoptedunrestrictedsubmarinewarfareinFebruary1917,and
indoingsodroveAmericaintothewar.
1918
TheGermansextendedtheirfrontwhilereducingtheirstrengthbyalmosta
millionmen.Simultaneouslytheycontinuedtoadvanceintheeast,competing
withtheirAustrianalliesintheUkraineandtheTurksintheCaucasus.*The
FrenchcounteraackedinJulyandtheBritishinAugust.Togetherwiththe
Americans,theydrovetheGermansbackinaseriesofindividuallylimitedbut
collectivelyinterlockingoensives.
On15thSeptembertheAngloFrenchforcesatSalonikaaackedinMacedonia,
forcingtheBulgarstoseekanarmisticebytheendofthemonth.
ThewholeoftheCentralPowersItalianfrontcrumbledaftertheAustriandefeat
onthePiaveinJune.
TheGermanhighcommandinitiatedtherequestforanArmisticeon4October.
AfterthewarGermanyclaimedthatthearmywasstabbedinthebackby
revolutionathome.ThepeopleofGermanyandAustriaHungarywerebaered
byfoodshortagesandination.
On11NovemberanarmisticewithGermanywassignedinarailroadcarriageat
Compigne.At11a.m.on11November1918aceaserecameintoeect.
1919Aformalstateofwarbetweenthetwosidespersistedforanothersevenmonths,
untilsigningoftheTreatyofVersailleswithGermanyon28June1919
World War II
Thewarthatbrokeoutin1939wasawarfortheEuropeanbalanceofpower.The
immediatecauseoftheconictwastheGermandemandforthereturnofDanzigand
partofthePolishcorridorgrantedtoPolandfromGermanterritoryintheVersailles
Treatyof1919.PolandrefusedtoagreetoGermandemands,andon1September1939
overwhelmingGermanforceslaunchedthePolishcampaignanddefeatedherinthree
weeks.RussiaalsoinvadedeasternPoland.Polandthusgotdividedintotwoparts.In
March1939BritainandFrancehadguaranteedPolishsovereignty,andinhonorofthat
pledgerstdemandedthatGermanforceswithdraw,andthenon3September
declaredwaronGermany.AmericawascommiedbytheNeutralityActsof1935and
1937ofnoninterventioninoverseasconicts.
ThisvideopresentsaconcisehistoryoftheeventsofWorldWarII:
1940
GermanarmiesinvadedBelgium,Luxembourg,andnorthernFranceandwithin
sixweeksdefeatedwesternforces.
BritainwasabletoresistGermanairaacksinthebaleofBritaininAugustand
September1940,andsurvivedaGermanbombingoensive(theBli)inthe
winterof19401,butitwasnotpossibleforBritaintodefeatGermanyunaided.
On10June1940MussolinisItalydeclaredwaronBritainandFrance.
InDecember1940HitlerturnedaentionawayfromBritainandapproved
BARBAROSSA,thelargescaleinvasionoftheUSSR.
AmericastartedgivingincreasingeconomicassistancetoBritainandChina
followingPresidentRooseveltspledgetoactasthearsenalofdemocracy.
1941
BARBAROSSAwaslaunchedon22June1941whenthreemillionGerman,
Finnish,Romanian,andHungariansoldiersaackedthewholelengthofthe
Sovietwesternfrontier.SovietUnionwasshaered.
InNorthAfrica,CommonwealthforcesstationedinEgyptdroveItalianarmies
backacrossLibyabyFebruary1941
InAbyssiniaandSomalilandItalianforceswereforcedtosurrenderbyMay1941.
ItalyscompletedefeatinAfricawasavoidedonlybyHitlersdecisiontosend
GermanreinforcementsunderRommel,andtheweaklogisticalpositionof
Commonwealthforces.
TheUSnavybecamecloselyinvolvedinthebaleoftheAtlanticineortsto
breaktheGermansubmarineblockadeofshippingdestinedforBritain.InMarch
1941CongressapprovedtheLendLeaseBillwhichallowedalmostunlimited
materialaid,includingweapons,foranystateghtingaggression.Intheautumn
of1941thiscametoincludetheUSSR,despitestrongAmericananticommunism.
Throughout1940and1941theUSAtightenedaneconomicblockadeofJapan
whichthreatenedtocutomostJapaneseoilsupplies.
AmericanactionsprovokedbothJapaneseandGermanretaliation.On7
December1941JapanesenavalaircraftaackedtheAmericannavalbaseatPearl
Harbor,followedbytherapidconquestofwesterncoloniesinsoutheastAsiaand
thesouthernPacic.
On11DecemberGermanydeclaredwarontheUSA.
1942
RussiamadearemarkablerecoveryandinNovemberGermanyandherallies
aackingStalingrad(nowVolgograd)werecutobyamassiveSoviet
encirclement,URANUS.
InNovember1942atAlameinapredominantlyItalianforcewasdefeatedby
Montgomery.
TheUSAfoughtalargelynavalandairwarbetween1942and1945,usingitsvery
greatnavalpowertodeploytroopsinmajoramphibiousoperations,rstinthe
SolomonIslandstohalttheJapanesePacicadvance,theninTORCH,acombined
AmericanBritishlandinginMoroccoandAlgeriainNovember1942.
AmontageofWorldWarIIphotos
1943
TheentryoftheUSAsignaledachangeinthepoliticalbalanceofthewarofgreat
signicance.GermanforcesinStalingradsurrenderedinJanuary1943andbyMay1943
ItalianandGermanforcesnallysurrenderedinTunisia,enablingtheAlliestomount
theinvasionofSicilyandthenItaly.ItalysuedforanarmisticeinSeptember1943.
1944
Americaneconomicmightandpoliticalinterestshelpedtobindtogetherthedierent
frontsofconict,whileAmericasworldwidesystemofsupplyandlogisticsprovided
thesinewsofwarnecessarytocompletethedefeatoftheaggressorstates.Amajor
intelligencedeceptionoperationanddecliningairpowerweakenedtheGerman
responseandbySeptember1944GermanforceshadbeendrivenfromFrance.
1945
Germansurrenderedon7May1945followingHitlerssuicideon30April.
AlongrangebombingcampaigndestroyedtheJapanesecitiesandmostofthe
Japanesenavyandmerchantmarine.Americasnewestweapon,theatomic
bombsweredroppedonHiroshimaandNagasakiinAugust1945.
SovietforcesdestroyedtheJapanesearmyinManchuria;Japannallycapitulated
on2September.
War strategies
Manyoftheweaponsthatdominatemilitaryoperationstodayweredevelopedduring
WorldWarI,includingthemachinegun,thetankandspecializedcombataircraft.This
isagreatvideothatexplainsthemilitarystrategiesandtacticsusedduringWorldWar
I.
Outcomes
World War I
Afterthewar,theParisPeaceConferenceimposedaseriesofpeacetreatiesonthe
CentralPowers.The1919TreatyofVersaillesociallyendedthewar.Building
onWilsons14thpoint,theTreatyofVersaillesalsobroughtintobeingtheLeague
ofNationson28June1919.Insigningthetreaty,Germanyacknowledged
responsibilityforthewar,agreeingtopayenormouswarreparationsandaward
territorytothevictors.Itcausedalotofbierness.
AustriaHungarywaspartitionedintoseveralsuccessorstates.
TheRussianEmpirelostmuchofitswesternfrontierasthenewlyindependent
nationsofEstonia,Finland,Latvia,Lithuania,andPolandwerecarvedfromit.
World War II
ThewarendedwiththetotalvictoryoftheAlliesoverGermanyandJapanin
1945.TheUnitedNationswasestablishedtofosterinternationalcooperationand
preventfutureconicts.
TheSovietUnionandtheUnitedStatesemergedasrivalsuperpowers.
AlthoughthetotalitarianregimesinGermany,Italy,andJapanweredefeated,the
warleftmanyunresolvedpolitical,social,andeconomicproblemsinitswakeand
broughttheWesterndemocraciesintodirectconfrontationwiththeirerstwhile
ally,theSovietUnionunderJosefStalin,therebyinitiatingaperiodofnearlyhalf
acenturyofskirmishingandnervouswatchfulnessastwoblocs,eacharmedwith
nuclearweapons,facedeachotherprobingforanysignofweakness.
nuclearweapons,facedeachotherprobingforanysignofweakness.
TheEuropeaneconomyhadcollapsedwith70%oftheindustrialinfrastructure
destroyed.
Arapidperiodofdecolonizationalsotookplacewithintheholdingsofthe
variousEuropeancolonialpowers.Theseprimarilyoccurredduetoshiftsin
ideology,theeconomicexhaustionfromthewarandincreaseddemandby
indigenouspeopleforselfdetermination.
References
Wikipedia:WorldWarII
Wikipedia:WorldWarI
Wikipedia:WorldWarIcasualties
Wikipedia:WorldWarIIcasualties
WorldWarIEncyclopdiaBritannica
WhataresomeinterestingfactsabouttheSecondWorldWar?Quora
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Thisisactuallyreallyhelpfulifyourlearningabouttheww1and
ww2itmakesthingsaloteasier.Thxs
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GordKKWeston
WhynomentionofCanada?Canadiansdeclaredwarbeforeon
GermanybeforetheUSandwereanintegralpartofddayand
werefearedtremendouslyascanadianbearsbythegermans.
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GenocidebyGermany,wascarriedoutonmorethanthoselisted.
2Sep10,20155:22am
StephanieParkerWieskampIndependentConsultantatRodan
andFields
No,justtoendthewarfaster.
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October7,2013,8:12pm
1Sep4,20156:32am
204...1
April18,2013,4:07pm
thishelpedalot
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SonerUrarDerepazar
Soamericasnukingoverjapanwithatomicbombsdoesn'tcountas
agenocide?
April7,2014,1:27pm
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Sohelpfulgoodforanerdlikeme.
2Jul1,20152:16pm
BillyMagdalinSIAST
182...155
WherethehellisCanada?
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3Dec24,20148:13am
RiasatAhsanMcGillUniversity
Loltheyarealwayspartofthealliedforces
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EthanHymas
RightabovetheUSbelieveitornot
August27,2013,12:51pm
Veryhelpful
109...169
RightabovetheUSbelieveitornot
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5Apr24,20159:33am
SelimOzanYurtseverProjeMhendisiatzmirgazDoalgaz
DatmA..
genolie?
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September13,2012,2:37pm
thisisawesome
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RafaelKarapetyanKing'sCollegeLondon
YouoccasionallyreferinyourarticletoRussia,whenitshouldbe
SovietUnion(USSR),itisnotthesame.
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1Oct22,201410:44pm
RobertoBeltranBossatWoodworkingIsMyPassion
Thismaybeofsomeusetosomeofmyfriends.JermaineBurns
takeapeekatthis.
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MuhammadNugrahaUniversitasKristenIndonesia.(UKI)
thankyoufortheinformations,Icanmakemyhomeworkeasily.
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2Sep1,20143:09pm
TobiasMhandoKenyaschoolofmonetarystudies
Ilikereadinghistory.HonestlyHistoryshapesusandallowsusto
knowwhycountriesrelatethewaytheydotoday.Thisarticlehas
enabledmetorealizemoreabouttheconnectionsoftheWW1and
theWW2.,Thecausesandtheoutcomes.Thewarstomy
understandingandbelievewerenecessary,forifitwerenotforthe
same,boundariesforvariousterritoriesmaynothavebeen
established.ThroughthearticleamabletounderstandAmericas
involvementintheWW1andWW2,andwhereatsomepoint
Americatooktheisolationistpolicytillsomepoint.
AmgratefultotheAuthors,Irelatealotofthistothemycountry(
kenya)historytosomeextent.Regards,Tobias.
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1Aug10,20141:42am
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PaulCumminsunusualinstallationinmemoryofthosekilledin
WorldWarIhttp://allfreefoto.ru/5766paulcummins.html.
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RileySmithWawotaParklandSchool
screwCanada?eh?
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MarcCastellSVP,RealEstateFinanceGroupatManagement
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Verywellwritten.Makesyouappreciateourfreedom.Youstillask
yourself,"Whydidsomanyhavetodie?"Freedomshouldneverbe
takenforgranted.
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itreallyhelpedme.
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1May29,20141:53pm
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sohelpfullgoodforanerdlikeme
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1Jan31,20146:39pm
NishadHegdeDesai
yougonemaddude???
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SergioPacoriWorksatProvinciadiGorizia
Iamsculptor.IusepiecesofbombsoftheFfirstWar
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