World War 2 was a horrific period in human history, it is estimated that over 60 million
people were killed, how could a horrific event like this happen? and what are the leading
events that took place following the war? After World War I Germany and her allies were
left to blame for causing the war, which caused Germany being forced to pay for debt of
destruction left in its wake. Some people throughout Germany believed that they
should not be forced to pay for such debts and they wanted to make Germany “Great
Again”, which lead to the creation of the “National Socialist German Workers'
Party”(Nazi Party). After much Political unrest in Germany, the Nazi Party was able to
come into power and enforce its idealistic ways. Through
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the failure of League of Nations, Policy of Appeasement and the unrelentless nationalism that took place, Germany became an unstoppable force that had to be dealt with, which lead to the horrific World War 2. One of the many Aspects that caused World War 2 was the Policy of Appeasement towards Germany. Prior to World War 2, the allies signed a Policy of Appeasement with Germany, to prevent another World War for taking place. Hitler took advantage of this Appeasement to start a campaign across europe. During the Policy Hitler was able to capture key parts of europe and build up a massive, unstoppable military force without anyone intervening him. Many Allied nations believed, that Hitler's Conquests would surely end, so they decided to stay in an isolated state, while in the meantime Hitler had a plan to conquer all of Europe. Hitler eventually broke the Appeasement when he invaded Czechoslovakia. With all these facts in account, the Allies could have taken down Hitler soon and much quicker. Because Hitler gained such an advantage from the spare time they got from the appeasement they became a much greater force than anyone could imagine. Nationalism throughout Nazi controlled Germany was probably one of the greatest factors contributing to WW2. Due to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany lost much of it’s land, and had to face the harsh punishments imposed on them. The Germans, angry at their own situation choose to blame other nationalities (Jews, Slavs, etc.) rather than themselves or the league of nations for their problems and thus they became extreme nationalists. Hitler with his extremely effective nationalistic speeches was able to rally the German people and he gained tremendous support for his Nazi Party. The German people believed their race the “Aryan” race was the most superior race in the world and that they were destined to become the leaders of the world.
Germany also was massively inspired by dreams of
world domination, anti-semitism, anti-communism, militarism, and revenge of the versailles
treaty. that the country was able to fight with fierce strength and allowed them to become
an unstoppable power in World War 2. The extreme Nationalism throughout Nazi
Germany allowed Germany to Rally together and become an unstoppable fighting force
with extremely idealistic views that had to be stopped.
The Failure of League of Nations was aspect that was a cause of some parts of World
War 2. After World War 1, the League of Nations was presented in order to maintain world
peace, Nations would become allies and protect each other. In Hitler's quest to make
Germany “Great Again” he left the League. The League of Nations was supposed to bring
peace, but fascist leaders gained more freedom to do as they wish from leaving the
League. Due to the Policy of Appeasement, and the freedom it gave Germany, during
Hitler's Conquests the Allies did not intervene with the invasions at hand because they
did not want to start another World War, which allowed Germany to grow in
power. Eventually many nations started to leave the league, knowing about its imminent failure. Knowing the League of Nations will not come to stop Him, Hitler eventually decided to invade Poland allowing him to have greater control over Europe. The League of Nations was a disastrous failure filled with false promises that only escalated the events leading up to World War 2 Nazi Germany was an Unstoppable force through the WW2 Era, Due to many conflicting issues, Germany was able to thrive for many years. Many Allied Nations ignored Germany's conquests due to the policy of appeasement, this allowed them to amass great military power throughout europe. The League of Nations did not deliver on its promises, and many nations that were invaded, an eye was turned away, eventually the League failed, and did not prevent Germany’s Tyrant ways. Hitler was able to inspire the the German people with relentless nationalism which lead them to band together to become united nation. Because of the Freedom that Nazi Germany through the policy of appeasement, Failure of the League of Nations, and the Nationalism inspired by the Nazi Party, Germany banded together to become a uncontainable oppressor.
The League of Nations did not prevent another World War due to numerous different reasons. First of all, the League of Nations whole identity was to maintain peace, discourage aggression from any nation, and to inspire other countries to cooperate especially in the field of trading different resources. One of the main ideas involved in the non-prevention of another war by the League of Nations was the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nation was fully responsible for the process of the treaty going through the International Court of Justice. One the treaty was signed, Germany was reprimanded unethically. The Germans soon started cheating and developed military forces like submarines in the region of the Netherlands and placed tanks in Russia.
and Serbia in 1914. It was transformed into a general European struggle by declaration of
At the end of World War One, Germany was required to pay a large sum of money to the Allies consequently resulting in the German Depression. The sum Germany had to pay was set after the Treaty of Versailles was enacted at approximately six billion, six hundred million – twenty-two billion pounds, (World War Two – Causes, Alan Hall, 2010). The large amount of reparations that Germany had to pay resulted in a depression and angered the Germans because they thought it was an excessive amount of money to pay, (World War Two – Causes) The Germans hatred of the Treaty of Versailles was of significant importance in propelling the Nazis to power. Germany could not pay their reparations and was forced into a depression, (World War II – Causes). The Treaty of Versailles deprived Germany of its economic production and its available employments, (World War II – Causes). The German Depr...
World War II broke up the western European front due to the League of Nations. The League of Nations was simply not able to respond in a timely manner in response to the aggressors. Cited in the “World War Two – Causes” packet, the League of Nations was not able to act quickly because they only met a total of four times in one year. Also, the entire League had to agree on a topic. Another reason that WWII was started by the League of Nations is because the League had no way of enforcing their power. The League had no army; therefore they were not able to protect themselves and were also not able to enforce the rules they all agreed on. Therefore, in Germany’s eyes, the League of Nations was not even a threat to her bigger plan. Although the Leagu...
...tion, whereupon much of its property and organization were transferred to the United Nations, which had recently been founded. The League achieved some success in ending armed conflicts between small nations. But when a powerful nation was involved, the League seemed to be ineffective. Why the League failed was most dramatically illustrated when Italy attacked Ethiopia. The League did impose some small economic sanctions on Italy, but without the United States, Germany, and Japan these sanctions were worthless. Never truly effective as a peacekeeping organization, the lasting importance of the League of Nations lies in the fact that it provided the groundwork for the United Nations. This international alliance, formed after World War Two, not only profited by the mistakes of the League but also borrowed much of the organizational mechanics of the League of Nations.
The League of Nations was created shortly after World War One and had a similar purpose to the Treaty of Versailles - to keep peace between the countries. However, the League was too apathetic and in the long run, was full of failures. The League had many instances in which they weren 't able to keep the peace between countries. Examples of these failures are when Italy attacked the port of Fiume which was given to Yugoslavia, or when France and Belgium invaded Germany’s biggest industrial zone, Ruhr. For both of these
In addition, having lost the war, the humiliated Germans were forced by the Allies to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 that officially ended World War I. According to the harsh terms of the treaty, Germany had to hand over many of its richest industrial territories to the victors, and was made to pay reparations to the Allied countries it devastated during the war. Germany lost its pride, prestige, wealth, power, and the status of being one of Europe's greatest nations. (Resnick p. 15)
During the early stages of World War II, Germany won a series of swift victories over Poland, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, and France. Then attempted to bomb Great Britain into surrendering, but to no avail. After Hitler took over Czechoslovakia he began to demand land from Poland. Britain and France pledged to help Poland if Germany was to attack. Unfortunately helping Poland would include the invasion of Germany, which neither country was willing to do. Great Britain and France had hoped the Soviet Union would help protect Poland. But Hitler and Stalin shocked the world when they became allies. On August 23, 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact; in which both agreed not to attack each other. They secretly decided to divide Poland between them. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and began Wo...
After David Lloyd George, the prime minister of Great Britain, wanted to make sure that Germany paid for the dreadful war. He made his platform for being elected on the basis that he would make sure Germany was punished.
There were many wars that has brought our world to what it is today, one of the wars being World War II. Although there were many countries that were involved in this war some of the major countries were The United States, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, France and Britain. The main outbreak of the war was triggered when Britain and France declared war on Germany, due to their invasion in World War I. WWII lasted for six years. World War II was one of the most important conflicts in World History, there were many important events that occurred during this war; one of the main events includes Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust. The Holocaust is one of the major segregation events that occurred in history that made the world what it is today.
The Germans thought it unfair, as they persuaded themselves and others that they had not lost. It came as a shock that the conclusion of the reparations clause, under the terms of article 231, demanded that Germany was legally subjected to pay up and accept the “financial burden of putting Europe back together again” (merriment, 1996). The conditions of the treaty given as an ultimatum, to the German democratic parties whom, later were addressed as the November criminals for ‘stabbing Germany in the back’, had no choice but to accept the terms or face invasion. They had to Acquiesce the proposals that “curtailed the power of the nation, deprived it of its prestige, attacked its transitions, and impaired its integrity. (Abel 1938). Consequently, irritated German leaders, wanting to arouse international sympathy, deliberately lead to the mistranslation of article 231, making it refer to Germany’s sole guilt, as opposed to the joint guilt of Germany and her allies, setting off an increasing wave of righteous indignation about the war guilt lie and so with the acrid debate that was arising, the article turned into a war guilt clause enhancing the impression of a charge of German moral
The League of Nations sounds like a superhero team and in a sense, the goal that The League was trying to achieve could have been something straight out of a comic book. Originally proposed by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I, The League was born after some alterations. The League of Nations’ main intention was to bring an end to the war and prevent another one of the same atrocious proportions from happening in the future. Forty zealous countries joined this fight, but the most powerful country of all was not among them: The United States of America. While many Americans agreed with the goal of The League, many did not and those that did not were ones in power. The portion of the “mission statement” for The League that caused
With the conclusion of the First World War the League of Nations was founded in the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. It was the first intergovernmental organization that would keep peace and settle world disputes.
The war reparation resolution was proposed by both Australia and the United Kingdom, and eventually became Article 231 of Treaty of Versailles. The article assigned complete blame for the war to Germany, required Germany to accept full responsibilities for causing the war, and must pay a set of reparation appointed by the Great Powers. The reparation impositions were considered to be retaliation to the reparation forced upon France by Germany in the Treaty of Frankfurt after the Franco-Prussian War. The recompense form of the war varies among different forms, from coal, steel, and gold, to intellectual property. According to the treaty, Germany will finish paying off the reparation in year 2020. The reparation, no doubt, is only another indirect way of limiting Germany's growth in any field possible and has added another pair of shackle on the already weakened Germany economy, some historians beli...
Origins for the cooperation amongst powers necessary to tackle international disputes can be traced back to the 19th century, however the formation of the League of Nations was eagerly prompted by the First World War. After the horrors in which the world observed, leaders merged together and rejoiced in the potential for a new international system. The League of Nations foremost objective was to secure peace through collective efforts of ‘peace-loving’ powers (Steans, Pettiford, & Diez, 2005, p. 31). President Woodrow Wilson was a lead proponent in the creation of such a body, suggesting it- within his message on the Conditions of Peace- as a means of ‘affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike’ (Wilson, 1918). The following year a detailed scheme was presented at the Versailles Peace Conference and the league was swiftly established with the addition of a permanent secretariat in Geneva. (Catterall, 1999, p. 50). The League was very much considered the ‘most daring and innovative proposal’ (Wilkinson, 2007, p. 85)