Differences And Similarities Between World War I And World War II

World War I and World War II have many differences and similarities that were caused due to the advancements during and between the wars themselves. The study of psychology advanced greatly between World War I and World War II, causing a shift in strategies, training, recruiting, and even foresight in what the enemy might do next. Psychology advanced many strategies used by both sides due to being able to see when the opponent is weak and when they are strong as well. Recruiting strategies, such as using nationalism to rally a country into fighting and supporting itself, is linked to psychology for its founding. Both sides of the world wars were also able to seek out and find what the enemy was planning on doing next because of the study of psychology.

how they react, talk, fight, lead, etc.), when this developed and became more known, a type of war evolved called psychological warfare. Psychological warfare is using the study of psychology to basically control a person or group of people and trick them to do just about anything if done right. This was seen during WWII when both the Allies and the Axis Powers tricked their own countries to have a better morale for themselves and therefore creating a larger army to fight with. This kind of warfare was not only seen in armies and recruiting tactics, it was also seen in nationalism overall to help get the people not eligible for war to come and help support the country from the other duties. In an article about psychological warfare in the first world war, it writes, “Used to persuade the population of a particular view of the war and to mobilize the total forces of the land in support of the war aims” (Habsburger). This quote from the article tells of how psychological warfare and propaganda were used to “persuade” its people into fighting for their