European Theater Vs Pacific Theater Essay

Comparative Essay In World War II, there are many differences and similarities between the European Theater and the Pacific Theater. The European Theater involved many countries, including Germany, The Soviet Union and many more smaller countries. While the Pacific Theater mainly focused on Japan and The United States. The differences span from government styles to types of warfare, while similarities did arise between the two theaters. In the Pacific and European theaters, we have discovered many ways that the two were alike and other ways that the two theaters were distinctly different during the time of World War II. One of the big differences between the two theaters, is the style of warfare. A article that was written on Enotes says, “One major difference was the sort of weapons that could be brought to bear. The European theater was influenced strongly by tank warfare on the plains of Europe. By contrast, the Pacific theater offered very little in the way of open

According to History.com [3], “Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or Nazi Party, grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany through totalitarian means from 1933 to 1945.” So, during the time of WWII, in the Pacific theater, Nazism was the dominating political system. In Japan (Taisho and Early Showa Period [4]), “During the 1930s, the military established almost complete control over the government.” In the Pacific Theater, Japan was a Militaristic country, so the military controlled almost everything, while the Emperor was more of a figurehead, with little power. These two forms of government are very different. Nazism is fascism mixed with racism and antisemitism (prejudice against Jewish People), while Militarism is where a country's main goal is to protect itself and every man should be involved in one thing-serving his