what is the major causes of world war 2'? and what was hitler plane for african?

Answer 1

Basically, Treaty of Versailles.
See, it goes like this:
Woodrow Wilson wanted a treaty based on his 14-point plan which he believed would bring peace to Europe.
But Georges Clemenceau wanted revenge. He wanted to be sure that Germany could never start another war again.
Lloyd George personally agreed with Wilson but knew that the British public agreed with Clemenceau. He tried to find a compromise between Wilson and Clemenceau.
Germany had been expecting a treaty based on Wilson's 14 points and were not happy with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. However, they had no choice but to sign the document.
The main terms of the Treaty of Versailles were:

War Guilt Clause - Germany should accept the blame for starting World War One
Reparations - Germany had to pay £6,600 million for the damage caused by the war
Disarmament - Germany was only allowed to have a small army and six naval ships. No tanks, no airforce and no submarines were allowed. The Rhineland area was to be de-militarised.
Territorial Clauses - Land was taken away from Germany and given to other countries. Anschluss (union with Austria) was forbidden.

The German people were very unhappy about the treaty and thought that it was too harsh. Germany could not afford to pay the money and during the 1920s the people in Germany were very poor. There were not many jobs and the price of food and basic goods was high. People were dissatisfied with the government and voted to power a man who promised to rip up the Treaty of Versailles. His name was Adolf Hitler.

Answer 2

Since the cause of WWII was covered rather nicely, I'll focus on why Hitler send Afrika Korp to Northern Aftica. Essentially, Hitler had no designs for Northern Africa. Only reason he send the corp to Africa was to assist Italy. Italian forces attempted to conquer Norther Africa and drive the Brits out of Egypt. However, their advances were checked short of Egypt and were crushed by british counter-attack. Italians were driven all the way back to Libya, at which point German reinforcements were sent in. Bear in mind that despite what you see in the movies , etc. Italians made up the bulk of the North African army. German contribution amounted to all of 1 panzer division, 1 light division and several independent panzer battalions. It was not until 1943 that Germans invested a significant military force.

Answer 3

Hitler had no plans for Africa, and it was only when Italy was coming 2nd that he assisted.

Hitler didn't believe France and England would intervene when he invaded Poland

Answer 4

The attack on Africa was simply a bid for resources.