Causes of Ww2

The basic causes of World War II were nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues, and resentments resulting from the First World War and the effects of the Great Depression. Even though what sparked the Second World War were the invasion of Poland by Germany and the invasion of China by Japan, there are still so many little reasons the whole war fused up. The main the cause of this war was the Treaty of Versailles. Woodrow Wilson believed that Germany should have been punished but not as severely as it was. It left Germany with much resentment which pushed them to want to be number one in Europe so that they would not have to be attacked any longer. The Treaty of Versailles was made by the central powers which attacked Germany and said that Germany should be the ones to pay for the damage made in World War 1. This treaty demanded that, not only must they pay 6,600 million euros, but also decrease their military with no tanks, no air force and no submarines allowed, and land taken away from Germany too. German people were obviously upset about this announcement and since they could not afford to pay this they choose Adolf Hitler as their leader, who promised to bring Germany back to power and take back everything it had lost. As soon as Hitler came into power he got to work. He first began rebuilding the army, making warships and creating an air force, violating the treaty. Soon after he created an alliance with Mussolini-leader of Italy and Tojo-leader of the military of Japan who were all power hungry leaders just like Hitler was and totalitarian dictators. Hitler than began taking territories left and right. First Hitler took back Rhineland, which was originally Germany’s military based area before the Treaty, then Austria, later the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, and finally invading the rest of Czechoslovakia. Politicians in Britain and France justified Hitler’s actions since the Treaty did much harm to Germany. They also didn’t take action because