The (world) “war to end all wars” and the Second World War What do the “War to end all wars” and the Second World War have in common, well they are both world wars but what are the specifics? The answer to that will be included in the following text. To start off did you know that (per PBS.org) World War One saw 320,000+ “dough boys” lose their life fighting World War Two had a more than double death toll with 1,000,000+ “GI’s” lives sacrificed? In addition, there was genocide happening on both World Wars with Ottoman Empires killing of Armenians and the Third Reich’s mass killing of Jews in World War Two. In closing the outcome of World War One and World War Two had different endings, World War One saw the Treaty of Versailles, German …show more content…
First Germany conducted unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic, president Truman stated (textbook, Pg. 164) “to Wilson, Submarine warfare seemed particularly unfair and inhumane.” This was due to the fact that the German undersea boats (U-boats as they were called) were almost undetectable when underwater. A final straw came when a German U-boat sunk the British passenger liner Lusitania in 1915, including the loss of 124 American lives. President Wilson again stated his distaste for the German U-boat stating (textbook Pg. 164) “Some point to the German I-boat which Wilson considered an especially heinous form of warfare, especially after one sunk the British passenger ship Lusitania in 1915.” World War Two started out on a very different note with the Third Reich in German under Adolf Hitler invading Frances low land countries using the Blitzkrieg method of warfare. This violated Hitler’s promise not to invade countries and the Treaty of Versailles which stated that Germany couldn’t have more than a 100,000 soldier standing army and limited their production of tanks, planes and navy …show more content…
Both wars, as in all wars were focused on the tactical defeat of the enemy. World War One sought the Allies; France, Britain, Russia, Italy the United States and 22 other states defeat the Central Powers; Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria. World War One saw the Allies beat back the Central Powers slowly with trench warfare. One of the wartime objectives for the Allies was to have greater influence in post war Europe’s with the United States new economic strength. This was a positive effect of the war as the United States marshal plan gave over 13 billion in aid. A summary of this plan is found in marshallfoundation.org where it states “European nations received nearly $13 billion in aid, which initially resulted in shipments of food, staples, fuel and machinery from the United States and later resulted in investment in industrial capacity in Europe. Marshall Plan funding ended in 1951.” World War Two’s wartime objective was different in World War One in the fact that the Allies were fighting against Japanese for bombing Pearl harbor in Hawaii and the Germans in the east for their breaking of the Treaty of Versailles and the invasion of Poland. Wartime objectives for the allies were to push back the Germans and to take back France and push toward Germany. In the Pacific the objective was to island hop to Japan, taking islands one by one until they met
The German’s unrestricted submarine warfare was the main reason for the U.S. to enter war. Wilson had tremendous support from Americans. The Germans had to be stopped. The attacks came without warning killing many innocent people (Winter and Baggett, 1996). The Germans sank numerous ships including our own. The most famous ship sunk was the Lusitiania. Aboard that ship 128 Americans were killed (http://www.angelfire.com/in3/wilson/wilson.html). The Lusitania was torpedoed without any notice. The Lusitania sunk in 18 minutes killing a total of 1198 people (http://www.poltechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/chart.ww1.html).
Both sides accepted the United States’ aid but they also sought to cut-off each other’s supply chain. While the Allies barricaded Germany’s ports with the British Navy, Germany began attacking merchant ships using their submarines, or U-boats. While Wilson was angered by the British tactics he was even more infuriated by the German’s. This would be the ultimate end of U.S. neutrality as Wilson would sternly address Germany’s actions and not Britain’s.
Second World War was a full blown war and what was more important to the allied and the axis
Germany is desperate with no trade with the U.S., and their economy is frantically crumbling. In retaliation, Germany violated the international warfare law by attacking submarines without warning. Wilson’s response: Germany must stop the blockade or face the consequences. Wilson agrees to reach a deal with Germany after they publish a statement to negotiate, even though both France and Great Britain have proclaimed that this war would end with total victory over Germany. Wilson is trapped by his own ultimatum.
While the naval war is usually known for only little attention in histories of World War I, the Royal Navy's blockade of Germany played a dangerous role in the War. The U.S. Navy linking with the Royal Navy played a significant role in overcoming the German U-boats in the North Atlantic. The Germany Navy while technically effective disastrously diminished the German war effort. Germany's building of a High Seas Fleet was one of the causes that public view on Britain turned against Germany and that Britain come unto the War. Yet, the small U-boat fleet, showed a key competition to the British. In the early war, U-boats drowned three British cruisers, shocking the people of both England and Germany. The U-boat campaign was a major reason that public opinion in America turned against Germany and that America entered the War. Despite the huge investment, the German Navy accomplished nothing in return to counter balance the cost for Germany.
When War broke out in Europe in 1914 Wilson determined it was in the best interest of the United States to stay out of the conflict. In spite of the fact that president Wilson hoped to stay out of the war and wanted peace, in mid 1917 German submarines started attacking U.S. dealerships. On April 2, 1917, Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany, stating,“The world must be made safe for democracy.(History.com Staff)” In the following year and a half the United States constructed a army of 4 million men by enrollment, and sent 2 million men abroad to France, and joined the whole populace behind the war effort.
...was an immediate cause of the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary let to how it was dealt with, July Crisis, in WW1. While, WW2 was caused by Germany’s government wanting to expand with their expansionist aims, and living territory for German people. Alliances in WW1 were the cause of the war because of Otto von Bismarck was getting everybody together and France isolated preventing a two-front war for Germany. On the other hand, WW2 was caused by the failure of the League of Nations and Collective Security. Back to WW1, it was also caused by imperialism and nationalism, while WW2 had appeasement of letting Germany what it wanted just to prevent another war from breaking out. In conclusion, from the points discussed and analyzed above we can conclude that both World War One and World War Two have several different causes totally unrelated to one another.
The United States is the Super Power in today’s world and two reasons for that are the outcome of World War II and how the President at the time, Franklin Delano Roosevelt handled conflicts at home as well as overseas. America was going through a very difficult time dealing with the Great Depression and the problem of Germany starting conflicts in Europe where nothing was being done about it. World War II was something America stayed out of for about three years, but when we finally did get involved the “scales” were now tipped in the favor of the Allies due to the American involvement. Also, as shown in World War I when the United States gets involved with conflicts dealing with issues overseas we are very successful and are adamant on becoming victorious. Much like the conflict America is dealing with today in Iraq, although many people do not agree with the war and the grounds for the war I think that our government is doing the right thing. People need to realize that our government would not do anything to hurt the nation or its people because that is just a reflection of the government and the people who run it. They want to be perceived as the super power of the world and would not do anything to hurt that image. Much like Roosevelt helped the United States to appear the Super Power, President Bush is also doing his part by continuing the war on terror and not ending it until he feels we have conquered the men behind the 9/11 attacks.
Indeed, Hitler’s plan to defeat the Allies with U-boats was looking very good. For some unknown reason the Allied ships could not defend against the U-boats. With Hitler in control it looked like the Axis powers were going to drive the Allies out of the Atlantic and win the Battle of the Atlantic. With Hitler taking over most of England, and Great Britain trying to hold the Germans off, the United States decides to send war aid to Britain. The United States gave the British fifty old American destroyers (Von Der Porten 171).
The causes of World War One and World War Two can be traced back to political and economical roots. During the times prior, during, and post both the wars, all of the involved countries were making reckless political decisions, for example: excessive alliances that were both confusing and contradictive of purpose or treaties that had their fingers pointing a little too much at one country. Also during both World War One and World War Two, all of the countries were had little to no government, economically speaking, but that didn’t stop them from spending all of their money and using all of their other resources in order to have the biggest and the best armies, did it?
The post war changes and differences between World War I and World War II are the Jazz era, the Lost Generation, technological advances, and the differences of wars. These changes and differences changed the world today especially in America and Europe.
World War II and The Revolutionary war have many things in common with each other.World War II is a well known war and it lasted from 1939-1945. The Revolutionary war is also a well known war that lasted from 1775-1783. In the Revolutionary War it was between the American and British but many people got involved with the war.In World War II it was between the Jews and Nazi but many people helped the jews than the nazis.The first contrast is the technology that they had when they went to war.
Wars are good business. They create an immediate demand for a wide variety of materials needed by the government in order to fight the war. They create work opportunities for people that might not ordinarily be considered part of the normal work force. And, while not necessarily good for the soldiers engaged in the fighting, wars are always good for the businesses that provide the materials used in a war. The Second World War was very good for business.
...g nations. World War II was the beginning of a proud and illustrious history. American submariners achieved something few believed they could. In the face of adversity, they wrote “one of the greatest chapters in the history of naval warfare.”
World War II was one of the deadliest wars we know of in history, with as many as sixty million casualties, most of whom were civilians. It impacted a lot of countries, almost all over the world, which is why the name is given. This war impacted many countries in the world, and damaged almost all of the countries involved greatly. It also led to the downfall of Western European countries as world powers, leaving it to the Soviet Union, and the United States. The war started in 1939 and ended in 1945, with the invasion of Poland and the Axis surrender, respectively.