World War 1
World War 1 started in 1914 and lasted on 1918. The war went on for 4 years.
World War 1 was started because of the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie.
The countries that fought in World War 1 were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. They were fighting against France, Russia, Italy, and Japan. The United joined in the war in 1917.
The population of the people that died in World War 1 was up to 10 million. 7 million civilians were killed, 21 million people were wounded and 7.7 million people were missing or they were imprisoned.
The Ottoman Empire from Turkey took a group of Armenians to kill.
Fighting on the line of trenches and supported by large guns, machine guns, soldiers fighting, tanks, airplanes and poisonous gas.
World War 2
World War 2 started in 1939 and lasted until 1945. The war went on for 6 years.
World War 2 was started by Germany because they wanted more land and they attacked Poland, so Britain and France joined in.
The countries that fought in World War 2 were Germany, Italy and Japan. Their allies were France, Britain, the United States, China and the Soviet Union.
The population of the people that died in World War 2 was over 60 million. The calculated death range was up to 50 - 80 million. 38 million to 55 million civilians were killed, also including 13 to 20 million war diseases and bad food.
The German Nazis committed a group of people against the Jews and Romanis.
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Both wars were such a tragedy and I am glad you were able to find information and compare the two wars.
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