How Did The Second Great War Happen

The Second Great War had many reasons for its happening, most directly from the First World War. Today, many people have no idea why World War Two happened, only that it did. This is a major problem for today, as many people do not know the mistakes that were made to get to this point. The Second Great was caused by a direct be the first, the rise of nationalism, and revenge.

First, we see the first major reason as to why the Germans created and supported the Nazi government, the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was famously known for destroying the German nation and the pride that it held. The treaty itself forced Germany to entirely disarm, concede multiple territories, and pay large reparations to the Entente Powers. Prominent economist, John Maynard Keynes, says that the peace was a “Carthaginian Peace,” a treaty that was meant to cripple Germany. Versailles allowed the German economic collapse and bitter resentment of members of the Entente, which
This resentment allowed for the evil governments that we know today. We mainly see nationalism from Germany, who had been formed into an empire, which was stripped from them. This nationalism caused the Germans to begin a genocide on the Jews, Slavs, and Romani. These peoples were referred to as “ Untermesh,” basically calling them a lesser people compared to the Germans, which the term had come from the Nazi ideologies of Adolf Hitler. Upon gaining power, these fascist powers became incredibly expansionist, with Anschluss, the German unification of Germany and Austria, and the Munich Conference, which had the Sudetenland ceded to Germany, a land that was majority German speaking. Other fascist powers also took advantage of the distractions created by Germany and gained minor concessions across Europe. According to the treaty of Versailles and others, these nations were to never expand again after the