The collapse of peace by 1939

After the First World War ended in 1919 the leaders of the allied (Entente) powers began to try and initiate an everlasting world peace through The Treaty Of Versailles. This treaty was bound towards keeping Germany under supervision of allied powers and preventing Germany from ever forcing another war upon the world. This treaty ruined Germany and left them room for retaliation and want for recovery of the Nation they were. Germany were to accept blame, pay reparations, reduced army and loss of territory.

The treaty left Germany in poverty and struggling to feed its people. Germany suffered; though for a brief few years in the mid 1920s they cherished the temporary renewal of faith through Gustav Stresemann but due to his death only 1 year after being elected as chancellor he failed to make a everlasting impact.

The world suffered another blow in 1929 when the great depression hit. All countries were in a crisis trying to do whatever they can to feed their people and Germany, like any other country in the world, suffered the horrors of the great depression. German people began to believe their only hope was extremism and there was a loss of hope in the Democratic nation that Germany had been.

On the 30th of January 1933, Hitler was appointed as the new chancellor of Germany. Unlike any other chancellor Hitler had a vision. Hitler wanted to resurrect Germany to their former pride. Soon enough he had the opportunity and used his emergency powers otherwise known as enabling powers to gain full control over Germany.

Hitler who had inconceivable ideas of 'The Perfect Civilization' and 'World Peace' began working on his plans by rearming Germany. He drafted the unemployed to the army by convincing them with large pension opportunity...

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Hitler then sought for more. Britain were no longer appeasing Hitler. Hitler looked towards Poland and planned an attack. Part of Hitler's plan was to invade the USSR but before he could do that he would have to have control over the Polish corridor. When Hitler approached Stalin about the non-aggression pact and half of Poland Stalin agreed to have this buffer zone in Poland and some time to mobilize troops. The Nazi-Soviet pact was then signed.

On the first of September 1939 Hitler entered Poland and used the Blitzkrieg strategy to successfully enter Poland. Chamberlain sent a warning to Hitler informing him if he did not withdraw from Poland by 11am on the 3rd of September 1939 they would declare war on Germany. Hitler failed to meet the deadline continuing to invade Poland further and on the 3rd of September both France and Britain declared war on Germany.