Similarities and Differences between World War 1& 2

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INTRODUCTION
World war I and World war II are the most renowned wars in all history due to the
massive scale that they were conducted. No wars like those had been experienced before. Most
of their similarity lied in nationalism, imperialism, militarism and also alliance. There was a
great power balance that was experienced in Europe due to the countries that sought to keep the
power for their own.
LITERATURE REVIEW
SIMILARITIES
Militarism
Japan, Italy and German were some of the countries that sought to take desirable tracts of
land from Europe and also other resources. Being that most land was occupied and more had
been taken over by the residents, the remaining land created chaos as the countries used
aggressive means to attain the land. One of the aggressive strategic plans taken up was engaging
in war. Most of these counties were quite aggressive in the war as they each believed in their
own victory. This saw military training commence and more and more countries build up on their
military manpower and martial arts as well as other skills that would enhances their chances for
victory (Murray 2).
Alliances
There was a great surge of sympathy extended to countries that allied with the fighting
giants than to the central and axis powers. The United States started as onlookers that didn’t fully
participate in the war. However, in the middle of the war it played key roles in forming alliances
with other countries that served their best interests. In world war I it got into an alliance with

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winning countries and in specifically with Great Britain, after German resumed sinking of its
merchant ships. There was creation and signing off of alliance deals like the Lend-Lease Act that
would give Great Britain more power and better advantage against Germany in the war. In the
second war, it allied with fighting countries after Japan south to attack them at the Pearl Harbor.
These alliances were also seen in the trade between the United states and Great Britain together
with France. The bonds were much stronger than those of Germany and Austria-Hungary before
the war commenced. This was the reason behind Germany attack against the United states that
saw Germany use submarines to distort and negatively affect the trade between The United
States and Great Britain (White 2).
Nationalism and Imperialism
There was great tension between the European nations in the wake of World War I over
imperial territories which included Africa and South America amongst other continents. There
was a great deal of loyalty for the leaders who sought to conquer more land to increase on the
country’s affluence, pride and prove patriotism to one’s mother country for the colonialists. Land
acquisition was seen as an act of loyalty to one’s country. Therefore, this brought about war to
conquer more land for countries that desired the already acquired lands and resources. For this
reason, great alliances were seen between sting and weak nations in order to increase on weapons
and military power. Countries that had more industrial revolution proved to be great threats due
to the massive production of weapons that would put the rest of the countries at a great
disadvantage and lead to massive deaths. Through Germany got defeated in World War I it rose
back in World War II after the Versailles Treaty was signed. This is because it sought more land
for itself especially in Poland and Czechoslovakia to which it gained. It was at a better advantage
in World war II as their more alliances and greater military power as well. This led to a great