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Comparing World War II And The Treaty Of Versaille

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World War I and World War II should not be considered one event and brought together to be known as the Great War. Though the two wars are vaguely linked, their differences outweigh the similarities between them so they can be known as separate events. From alliances to warfare, everything was different. The only similarity between the two is that the Treaty of Versaille ended World War I and started World War II.
The two wars can not be known as one war because they had differing causes. World War I was caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, as well as militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. While World War II was caused by Hitler's takeover of Germany and his anti-semitist views. The Treaty of Versaille caused the depression in Germany, but the cause of the war was mainly the appeasement of Hitler after he came into power. Although the second world war could have been avoided if the the first ended on better terms, but that is not a good enough reason to combine the two wars because the more prominent cause of World War II is not related to World War I. …show more content…

In the first war, the main strategy was trench warfare and attrition warfare. Whoever ran out of resources lost. They also used early models of airplanes that were not very effective. By the time World War II came around, air power had grown due to the technological advance in airplanes. The Germans developed blitzkrieg as their military strategy in World War II. Nuclear weapons had also become more common. The two wars can not be known as the Great War because the style they were fought in are completely

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