Essay On How Did The Treaty Of Versailles Cause Ww2

While the Treaty of Versailles became a catalyst for WW2, it was not the singular reason for the “Second Great War”. WW1 being that cocktail problems on its own, became a breeding ground of malicious intent, anger and rage, even after the last bullet was fired. The treaty of Versailles was mainly just a push to make the WW2 problem child grow even badder and faster. First of all Hitler was already sore and angry from WW1, secondly Japan was already going to invade Manchuria, thirdly Fascism was growing. These reasons combined would eventually cause another World War by themselves even without the treaty of Versailles. Hitler was infuriated with how Germany ended the first World War. The Treaty of Versailles had made most if not all of the Germans angry, however Germany as a whole was still fuming over losing the War and at Kaiser Wilhelm, giving Hitler a solid reason to replace the provisionary government. Hitler still would’ve been successful in taking over the government as the Reichstag fire also would have still happened. Hitler being the charismatic politician he was, still would have gained over support in Germany, without the anger from the Treaty. Although the Treaty of Versailles made the German

Japan was constantly looking for new land and resources as they are a small island country, making them inherently militaristic. Japan had poured resources of its own into the coal rich region of China, Manchuria, giving Japan’s inevitable conquest a prime location for their first attack. Because of the fact that Japan was at heart militaristic it was an inevitability that Japan would end up attacking and invading someone. The Treaty of Versailles made Japan’s hunger for world conquest even larger, however that thirst was alway growing, the Treaty just made them transition from drooling to