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Compare And Contrast Ww1 And The War On Terror

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The War on Terror and World War 1 are similar and different in many ways. Certain events in the War on Terror made it similar to World War 1. People who died fighting for their country was a sign of patriotism. Patriotism was shown in World War 1 and the War on Terror. The U.S. fought to protect their country, while Iraq fought to show that they their religion and kind were the strongest. Though in World War 1 there were alliances in this war, the Central Powers and Allied Forces. But in the War on Terror there is really no one allied with Iraq or ISIS. Not everyone agrees with the way ISIS is doing things. Our enemies in previous wars are now coming together as allies to fight ISIS. ISIS fights for a somewhat a same reason as Germany did in World War 1, to be the best. Some things that were also similar were the change of name for items. When World War 1 was taking place some Orchestras refused to play the works of German composers like Beethoven. When the War on Terror was going on the U.S. changed the name of French Fries to Freedom Fries because the French did not like the idea of invading Iraq. Prejudice also started to rise again. In World War 1, American Citizens did not enjoy German Americans in the U.S. because they thought they were spies or they would betray them. During the War on Terror, people thought all Muslims were …show more content…

During World War 1, it was more of a direct fight. World War 1 consisted of trenches, and many people on the ground fighting. In World War 1, airplanes were first used but not really as a source of damaging the enemy. They were used to scout the enemies. Now in the War on Terror airplanes are used for many things. They can drop troops off in a specific area, scout areas in a larger range, and can now drop bombs. The War on Terror is not really a direct fight. It is more of a strategy fight. There are not that many ground troops anymore, and consists more of bombing with

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