WORLD WAR ONE: SOME BRIEF COMPARISONS WITH WORLD WAR TWO

With Veterans Day/ Armistice Day approaching, here is Balladeer’s Blog’s handy guide to some differences and key players between World War One and World War Two.

WW I – Lasted from 1914 to 1918  *** WW II – Lasted from 1939 to 1945 

WW I – America entered the war in April, 1917 *** WW II – America entered the war in December, 1941

WW I – Italy and Japan fought on the side of the Allied Powers *** WW II – Italy and Japan fought on the side of the Axis Powers

WW I – Germany, under Kaiser Wilhelm, led the Central Powers *** WW II- Germany, under Adolf Hitler, led the Axis Powers

WW I – Sinking of the Lusitania *** WW II – Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

WW I – The Allied disaster at Gallipoli *** WW II – The Allied disaster Operation: Market Garden

WW I – Douglas MacArthur is an American Commander in charge of the Rainbow Division in Europe *** WW II – Douglas MacArthur is Commander in Chief of the entire Pacific Theater of Operations

WW I – George S Patton is an American Cavalry Officer who eventually becomes a tank commander *** WW II – George S Patton is an American Army commander leading troops in North Africa, Italy and France

WW I – Winston Churchill is the architect of the Allied disaster at Gallipoli *** WW II – Winston Churchill is the British Prime Minister who courageously guided the British Empire through the conflict

WW I- Franklin Roosevelt is an Under-Secretary of the Navy and is able to walk *** WW II – Franklin Roosevelt is a wheelchair-bound President of the United States guiding the nation through the conflict 

WW I – Erwin Rommel is a German officer distinguished for his heroics at the Battle of Caporetto *** WW II – Erwin Rommel is called the Desert Fox for his tank corp’s successes against the Allies in the Sahara

WW I – Harry S Truman is a Captain in America’s Artillery Battery D *** WW II – Harry S Truman goes from being a U.S. Senator to Vice President and, following Roosevelt’s death in office – President

WW I – Hermann Goring is a successful fighter pilot *** WW II – Hermann Goring is a subhuman piece of filth accommodating Adolf Hitler’s insane whims

WW I – General “Black Jack” Pershing, Sgt York and Lawrence of Arabia *** WW II – General Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower, Audie Murphy and Field Marshall Montgomery

WW I – The Ottoman Muslims commit the greatest atrocities of the war *** WW II – The German Nazis commit the greatest atrocities of the war

WW I – Very, very late in the war the Germans use their Big Berthas and similar large weapons to inflict long-range deaths in England *** WW II – Very, very late in the war the Germans use their V-2 rockets to inflict long-range deaths in England

WW I – The Lafayette Escadrille *** WW II – The Black Sheep Squadron

WW I – Japan seizes the Pacific Islands that the German Empire still holds onto *** WW II – Japan is an ally of the Third Reich 

WW I – Lettow-Vorbeck is the most respected enemy officer of the war *** WW II – Rommel is the most respected enemy officer of the war

WW I – The Great Salient of 1918 *** WW II – The Battle of the Bulge

WW I – “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell is an officer in the American Fourth Corps during the St Mihiel Offensive *** WW II – “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell is the highest-ranking American commander in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations

WW I – Dwight Eisenhower is a very capable young officer in the U.S. overseeing the training and supplying of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe *** WW II – Dwight Eisenhower is the Commander in Chief of the entire European Theater of Operations 

FOR MY LOOK AT FORGOTTEN AMERICAN NAVAL BATTLES OF WORLD WAR ONE CLICK HERE:  https://glitternight.com/2013/05/25/the-top-forgotten-u-s-naval-battles-of-world-war-one/

FOR THE TOP FOUR FORGOTTEN WARS IN AMERICA’S HISTORY CLICK HERE:  https://glitternight.com/2013/05/21/the-top-four-forgotten-conflicts-in-american-history-2/

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