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Chris Gaillard Professor Brenda Stephens English 101 10 November 2013 Differences bet een !orld !ar " and !orld !ar "" #he obvio$s differences bet een the t o !orld !ars o$ld be the% too& place at different points in time' #he first !orld !ar started in 1(1) and ended in 1(1*' #he second !orld !ar started in 1(3( and ended in 1()+' ,o ever there are some prett% big differences in the ars as ell' Some of them involve the co$ntries that ere involved- and even here some parts of the ars ere ta&en place' #he co$ntries that fo$ght on the same side in !!" fo$ght on the same side in !!"" for the most part' .ne of the co$ntries that s itched as /apan' D$ring !orld !ar " there ere the Central Po ers and the 0llied Po ers' D$ring !orld !ar "" there ere the 0llies and the 01is' .n the Central Po ers d$ring !orld !ar "- %o$ had German%- 0$stria2,$ngar% and the .ttoman Empire 34!orld !ar "56' .n the 0llied po ers %o$ had Great Britain- 7rance- 8$ssia- "tal% and /apan 34!orld !ar "56' #he 9nited States ere also apart of the 0llied Po ers- b$t did not :oin them $ntil 1(1;' #here ere not as man% co$ntries involved in !orld !ar " as there ere in !orld !ar ""' #he 0llies in !orld !ar ""- %o$ had the Soviet 9nion- 9nited States- 9nited <ingdom- China- 7rance- Poland- Canada- 0$stralia- =$goslavia- Greece- Belgi$m- NetherlandsNe >ealand- Nor a%- So$th 0frica- Bra?il- @e1ico- and C?echoslova&ia 3Barro 6' #he 01is side consisted of German%- /apan- "tal%- ,$ngar%- 8omania- and B$lgaria 3Barro 6' "n both of the !orld !ars the 0llies on the ars'"n !orld !ar " there as over 3+ million cas$alties combined bet een the t o sides' D$ring !orld !ar ""- the 0llies had a total of 3(-(A3-;00

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cas$alties alone 34Estimated !ar Dead !orld !ar ""56' /$st one side of the ar had more deaths than the previo$s !orld !ar' !ith the 01is death toll added- there as a total of )*-231-;00 deaths in !orld !ar ""' !orld !ar " began beca$se of a Serbian that &illed the heir to the 0$stro2,$ngarian Empire 34!orld !ar "56' 0 big part of the ca$se of !orld !ar "" as beca$se of !orld !ar "' #he devastation ca$sed b% !orld !ar " left all of E$rope in r$ins' 0 man b% the name of 0dolf ,itler came into po er in German%' ,e created the Na?i part% and became 8eich Chancellor in 1(33 b$t anointed himself 7$hrer- hich is the s$preme leader' ,itlers goal as to dominate the hole orld' ,itler began to rearm German% secretl% d$ring the 1(30Bs' B% 1(3( his arm% as f$ll% armed and the Soviet 9nion signed a Nonaggression Pact that German% o$ld brea& later on in the ar' "n both ars the 9nited States anted to sta% o$t of them- b$t e ere forced into the battle' "n !orld !ar "- the 9nited States declared ar beca$se German% o$ld not ithdra the s$bmarines the% had in the North 0tlantic and the @editerranean 3C@ilestonesD 1(1)E1(20C6' German% also planed on getting ith @e1ico to form an alliance to attac& the 9nited States 3C@ilestonesD 1(1)E1(20C6' "n !orld !ar ""- the 9nited States entered the ar beca$se the% ere attac&ed on their home soil' #here ere h$ndreds of /apanese pilots that attac&ed Pearl ,arbor' #he% destro%ed eight battleships- 200 airplanes- and &illed over 2-000 0merican soldiers 3C!orld !ar ""C6' Congress declared ar on /apan ith onl% one member of Congress not voting in favor for it 3C!orld !ar ""C6' #he attac& on Pearl ,arbor as the biggest attac& on 9'S' soil $p $ntil the attac& that happened on September 11th- 2001' #here ere several t$rning points in both ars that ere in favor the the 0llies inning the ars' D$ring !orld !ar "- the armistice that as signed in 1(1* as the t$rning point of that

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ar' 0 fe months later the% signed a treat% called the #reat% of Fersailles 34!orld !ar "56' 0s a res$lt German% had to ta&e responsibilit% for the ar and had to pa% 22A billion 8eichsmar&s in reparations hich as later red$ced to 132 billion 34!orld !ar "56' German% also lost ten percent of its territor% beca$se of the treat%' D$ring !orld !ar ""- there ere t o big t$rning points in the ar' #he first one as D2 Da% on /$ne Ath- 1())' #he 0llies attac&ed several beaches that the% had codenamed- Gold/$no- S ord- 9tah- and .maha' 0ll of the beaches ere in Normand%' 0ll of the beaches ent as planned ith the e1ception of .maha' #he% too& .maha beach b$t there as a lot of resistance at the beach' 7rom there the% too& bac& Normand% and ere going to ards 7rance 3C!orld !ar ""C6' B% 0$g$st 1())- the 0llies had alread% sec$red Paris and removed German% o$t of 7rance' 7rom there the% o$ld plan an assa$lt on German%' #he follo ing %ear- the 0llies too& German% and ,itler committed s$icide along ith his famil% 3C!orld !ar ""C6' #his too& German% o$t of the ar and left /apan to fight for themselves' B% the time the Germans ere o$t of the ar- the 9nited States had finished the @anhattan Pro:ect' #his pro:ect ended the ar and has been ver% controversial' #he 9nited States s$ccessf$ll% b$ilt an atomic bomb' #he 9nited States anted /apan to s$rrender b$t the% o$ld not' So the 9nited States choice ,iroshima as the first target of the atomic bomb' #here ere over 3+0-000 people that lived in the cit%' #he 9nited States dropped the atomic bomb labeled as 4Gittle Bo%5 on the cit%' Even ith the atomic bomb going off- /apan o$ld not s$rrender' So the 9nited States o$ld drop another atomic bomb that as called 47at @an'5 #his time the target as a cit% called Nagasa&i' 0fter this attac&- /apan s$rrender on 0$g$st 1+- 1()+' #he% did not formall% sign agreement $ntil September 2nd'

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D$ring the t o ars- there as different eaponr% that as $sed' #he biggest difference o$ld be the n$clear bombs that ere $sed in !orld !ar ""' "n both ars the% $sed similar eaponr%' #he% $sed ever%thing from rifles- pistols- tan&s- grenades- and even flamethro ers and ba%onets 3Gle ell%n- So$the%- and #hompson6' D$ring !orld !ar " the% $sed some t%pe of gas in the trenches' .verall the t o ars had a lot of the same co$ntries involved' #he death tolls in both ars ere far too high' So man% good men and oman ere lost in both of the ars' #he 4good5 sides on both of the !orld !ars and the 9nited States did not get involved $ntil the% ere directl% threatened or attac&ed' #he 9nited States pla%ed a h$ge role in helping in both of the ars as ell' 0ll in all the ars had a lot of similarities b$t had a lot of differences as ell' Gets :$st hope that e ill never have to compare !orld !ar "" ith !orld !ar """'

!or&s Cited Page Barro - @and%' C#he 01is and the 0llies'C Primary Homework Help' N'p'' !eb' 10 Nov 2013'

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CEstimated !ar Dead !orld !ar ""'C warchronicle' N'p'' !eb' 10 Nov 2013' Gle ell%n- /eniffer- /im So$the%- and Steve #hompson' C!eapons of !orld !ar "'C alpha history ' N'p'' !eb' 10 Nov 2013' 9nited States' 9'S' Department of State .ffice of the ,istorian' MILESTONES: 1914 19!"' !eb' C!orld !ar "'C History' N'p'' !eb' 10 Nov 2013' C!orld !ar ""'C History' N'p'' !eb' 10 Nov 2013' C!!1 Cas$alties'C ##I $acts' N'p'' !eb' 10 Nov 2013'