War I And World War II - 1392 Words

Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, â€Å"We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.† This quote is an accurate description of the mindset during both World War 1 and World War 2. There are many aspects of war that can be compared and contrasted. I am going to compare and contrast World War 1 and World War 2. I will explain how they started, what happened or changed during both, and how they ended. War begins with a conflict, sometimes it can be avoidable but for both of the World Wars, I think they were unstoppable. â€Å"Though it was not the bloodiest nor most prolonged war in history, nor strictly, as it was later termed, the ‘first’ World War, it was the most intensely fought struggle and the greatest in geographical extent to†¦show more content†¦Italy, Romania, Greece, and the United States all joined in a year or two after the war had started. The Central Power was made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and later Bulgaria. Another thin g World War 1 had in common with World War 2 was, â€Å"It was the also the first of two wars whose central issue was the control of German power† (Roberts Westad, pg. 886). The Second World War was started because Germany wanted to control all land of Europe. It started after Hitler came into power in Germany. He created an army of his followers, which were called Nazis. Germany, a few months later, seized Austria first and then Czechoslovakia later. The Second World War started after Germany attacked Poland on September 1 1939. Two days later, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. Just like the First World War, there were allegiances in place so that if one went to war then the other ones did too. Only this time there were not as many countries that had first joined in as in the First World War. One difference between World War 1 and World War 2 was that in World War 1, Germany felt threatened so that is why they went to war. In World War 2, Great Britain and F rance went to war because they felt threatened. Both of the World Wars started after different events happened but for the same reason of Germany being greedy. Throughout both of the World Wars, there were many new technological advances. During the First World