WWI-WWII: Same War, Different Dates
A number of historians view World War II as the sequel to, or the finishing of the World War I. Although the two wars were in retrospect, very different, they can be viewed as chapters of the same war. When evaluating Hitler's rise to power, there is a definitive link between World War I and World War II. This same 'link' is evident in the Treaty of Versailles and the articles therein.
At the end of World War I, soldier Adolf Hitler lay wounded in a military hospital. The armistice had been declared, the throne abdicated, and the war over with Germany b…