what event actually started wwII?

Question

BIG TEST ON MONDAY PLEASE HELP!!!

Answer 1

Attack by the Poles on a German radio station....or so Goebbels would have us to believe.......

Answer 2

This probably won't help on the test , but I think the dividing up Germany after World War 1 caused World War 2. Especially the Rhineland

Answer 3

Germany invaded Poland,but you could argue that the end of World War One started the sequence of events that caused the Second World War.

Answer 4

The "normal" answer: Germany invaded Poland after the Germans "staged" a "Polish" attack on a German radio station on the German-Polish border (9/11 anyone?) The war commenced on September 1, 1939. For some interesting other views, on the "real " reasons behind all wars, "Google", believe it or not, "bush crime family" . Eye opening i assure you :))

Answer 5

World War One!

Answer 6

It sounds like you should read your book.The War in Europe
One view is that there was only one world war. It started in 1914 and finished in 1945, with a break from 1918-1939 while the Germans regrouped. (Kaiser Wilhelm was very similar to Hitler: a hate-filled expansionist with visions of world domination.)

More commonly, people believe World War 2 started in 1939. On August 31, 1939, Hitler and the Nazis staged a Polish attack on a minor German radio station in order to justify a German invasion of Poland. On September 1, Hitler declared war on Poland stating one of his reasons for the invasion was because of "the attack by regular Polish troops on the Gleiwitz transmitter."

France and Britain had a defensive pact with Poland. This forced France and Britian to declare war on Germany, which they did on September 3.



The War in the Pacific
Some say World War 2 started in late 1931 with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. This is sometimes referred to as the Mukden Incident. The major invasion of China by Japan was in 1937.

Japan had long been coveting mainland resources, invading China and (en route) Korea for centuries. Under the guise of The Co-Prosperity Sphere (8-Lands Under One Umbrella), Japan plotted an imperial takeover of Asia and the Pacific in the style of Western imperialism less than a century earlier.

The US opposed this movement and placed embargoes on Japan. Searching for supplies and rebelling against US intervention, Japan embarked on its Oriental conquest. Hoping to keep the US Air Force out of Japan's way, Admiral Yamamoto led the attack on Pearl Harbor. Unfortunatley they opened fire 30 minutes before the proclamation of war was officially delivered, so many viewed it as a violation of military convention (Adm. Yamamoto regretted this fact; he admired Western military practices).

Note that one reason many people say WWII started in 1939 by Hitler's invasion of Poland instead of by Japan in 1937 is because the former is the moment when the first main Allied nation declared war on an Axis nation (Britain declares war on Germany). Rather than be specific and say the first shots of origin started with Japan's invasion, it is pointed out that no main Allied nation had declared war at that time.



The War in Africa
Some people consider the war in Africa as starting with the 1935 invasion of Ethiopia by Italy.








Answer

the war started whe germany invaded poland in 1939 war was declared.

Also, there is a timeline you can look at link below:

Answer 7

Germany invaded Poland.....Germany had already invaded Austria and Czeckoslvakia without anyone (ie Britain/France/Russia) stopping him.......This time however Britain and France said if you invade Poland we will declare wat...Hitler thought he'd take his chances again and invaded and war was declared on Germany as a result.

Answer 8

The cause was what was done to Germany following WWI. Japan did not enter the war until most of Europe had been overtaken by Hitler. www.rpfuller.com/gcse/history/6.html

Answer 9

Ignorance!

Answer 10

Team America. They blew up the Eiffel Tower.