What are the main causes of world war 2?

Answer 1

The Treaty Of Versailles which was the agreement to end WW1 was unduly harsh on Germany, and led them into financial chaos and poverty, and political unrest. This was resented for years, and it was only a matter of time before someone like Hitler came along to galvanise the country into action, and start a campaign to redress the balance and get Germany back to where he/they thought it should be. Regardless of what crimes Hitler may, or may not have committed, he managed to turn Germany into a phenomenal, united force, with massive military might, with dreams of a 1000 year Reich that would dominate the globe. Hence, WW2.

Answer 2

The Treaty of Versailles, at the end of World War I. Germany was expected to pay so much in reparations (compensation to the winning side) that their economy went down the pan, making way for someone like Hitler to gain control - and find a scape-goat (Jews) for the misery.
This is also why Germany and Japan recovered from World War II more quickly than England. There are, or were, politicians around who were/are reluctant to make the same mistake twice. Obviously doesn't apply to Afghanistan and Iraq.

Answer 3

1. The harsh Treaty of Versailles helped push a maniacal nationalist to Power.

2. The appeasement by the allies, in particular Britain and France. (appeasing hitler as he took over the Sudetland and Checkoslovakia)

3. The anti-semitic and racial doctrine of arayan superiority of the german folk.

4. The depression of the thirties found a willing populace that came under the fuhrer's spell.

5. The complicity of the German General Staff and Industrialists allowed a dictator to come to power.

6. The reasons for national expansion are outlined in Mein Kempf, therefore, without the maniacal megolomaniac, there wouldn't have been a second world war.

Answer 4

The Great War ( world war 1). Germany Was Crippled by the amount of money It was paying in compensation to the allies. The Moment Britain declared war on Germany was the Invasion of Poland.
By the way The USA didn't get Involved until 1941, The war started in 1939!!!

Answer 5

The causes of World War 2 need to be considered separately for Europe and the Far East.

In the cases of Europe, the short answer is that World War II was caused by German resentment at the punitive terms of World War I imposed by the Versailles Treaty. However, such political agreements have limited direct influence on people's lives. Perhaps more importantly, the First World War left huge economic strains on the Western world, i.e. Europe and North America. France, particularly, and Britain had been effectively bankrupted by the war. This led to complex arrangements of reperations and loans: Germany paid reparations to France, who was repaying loans to Britain and America, and Britain was also repaying money to the United States. Matters were made worse by economic theories that said nations must balance their budgets over the short-term: this led to ever increasing cuts, with resulting mass unemployment. Fascism in Italy and Naziism in Germany offered an alternative corporate economy to the free-trade liberalism of Britain and the United States, and generated economic activity through Government military expenditure. Apart from the Nazis bigoted beliefs, such expenditure was bound to lead to war eventually.

In the Far East, Japan attacked first China and then South-East Asia because it was developing economically but had few raw materials, in particular of oil.

The causes of World War 2 were foreseen in advance by John Maynard Keynes, notably in his famous 1919 book "The Economic Consequences of the Peace"

Answer 6

The treaty of Versailles weighed heavily in the Deep Rooted causes of World War Two and its requirements so much that
Hitler had the original train carriage that Germany signed the
agreement in at the end of World War One; taken from its museum twenty two years later,placed in exactly the same spot
after the fall of France and made the French sign their surrender in the same carriage.

Answer 7

Hitler - the main body of the German people, while they resented the Versaille Treaty, were not at all happy about going to war. It wasn't until German army began to seem invincible and the spoils of war started to come home, that the mass of Germans really got behind the war.

Hitler was a lunatic and started the war because he believed the German people were racially superior to those around them and had the right to take anything they wanted. He also believed that Germany could not be self-supporting and was not prepared to trade for what he could steal.

He blamed the Jews for the war he created himself - see, I told you he was a lunatic.

Answer 8

WW1
the sanctions taken against the Germans in the Versailles Treaty were much too severe
-they were forced to recognise guilt for starting the war although this was not entirely true
-they were forced to give land to their neigbours
-they were forced to pay an enormous amount in debts.
This led to a loss of pride and a serious economical crisis in Germany. Then along came Hitler who seemed to rectify all this
After that the Germans followed their leader anywhere with almost blind faith, even to war!!

Answer 9

Commonly held underlying causes for World War II are the rise of nationalism, the rise of militarism, and the presence of unresolved territorial issues.

Answer 10

Versailles Treaty, invasion of Poland and Czechoslovakia by Germany, Pearl Harbor, etc.