Similarities Between World War I And II

World War I & II were both extraordinary and horrific wars that caused terrible destruction and loss of life. In which fighting took place on a massive scale between the ruling major powers within the early and mid 20th century. Both wars played a major role in laying down the groundwork for the current political and economic situation in our modern world. Because of the importance of these two events in our history, I have decided to lay out my current knowledge of their differences and similarities. This time adding sources that help to support what I had originally written. I believe this is important to do in order to better understand the wars and their significance to our world.
These wars despite how close they took place to each other
Once the Great War had started the intentions of it devolved into the major powers desire to acquire territories colonies and of course resources. While the first World War was born out of the murder of an Austro-Hungarian Prince and a web of interlinked alliances across Europe. World War II was born out of the outcome of the first. Even though Germany was not the one who started the first Great War they, out of all of the countries that participated were punished the most severely and even unfairly. According to my research retrieved from (TREATY OF VERSAILLES, 1919, 2016) (Historiography of the Causes of World War One, n.d.). A quote from the treaty of Versailles shows how the world laid the blame for the war on Germany despite the assassination of the archduke of Austria now being what is commonly accepted as what sparked the conflict. “The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments ... have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her