Why Did Ww2 Break Out

WWII broke out in 1939 and was a war between Germany and Britain.

In this essay I will look at why WWII started. There are a number of reasons why WWII broke out including Adolf Hitler Hitler's aggressive actions, challenging the Treaty of Versailles and the Failure of Appeasement.

One reason why WWII broke out was because of Adolf Hitler's aggressive actions. When Hitler came to power in 1933, he had made his aims extremely clear in his book (Mein Kampf-My Struggle) which he wrote 9 years before.

The reason why he is responsible for the outbreak of WWII is because Hitler clearly stated in his book that he wanted to destroy the Treaty of Versailles, create a Greater Germany, which meant a space where all Germans were welcome, and to conquer

land for Germany in Eastern Europe (living space). Once Hitler came to power, he wanted to complete his aims, and from 1935-1939, he was successful (and managed to do much more).
This was a long term factor because Hitler was clear in his book of the aims he wanted to achieve. This book was written 9 years before he came to power.
This can be linked to challenging the Treaty of Versailles.

Another reason why WWII broke out was because of challenging the Treaty of Versailles.
The reason why this is responsible for the outbreak of WWII is because Hitler changed the Treaty even though it was made for Germany. For example, Saar was given back to Germany (people of Saar voted). Hitler also knew that if there was another war, Germany wouldn't have a chance of winning because when Hitler lost WW1, the Treaty stated that Germany should minimise their troops. However, Hitler decided to change this and increased the size of their army to over 1/2 a million members (Italy, France and GB couldn't do anything).
This was a short term factor because it didn't happen for as long as other events. Hitler only changed the Treaty for a few years before he declared war on Poland.
This can be linked to Hitler invading other countries

A final reason why WWII broke out was because of the Failure of Appeasement.
The reason why this is responsible for the outbreak of WWII is because during WW2, the politicians of Britain and France felt guilty about treating Germany so badly that they decided to see through the Treaty of Versailles, and Hitler's actions were justified.
In May 1937, the PM of Britain, Neville Chamberlain realised that Germany was treated unfair with the Treaty and felt like giving in to Hitler's fury and anger to prevent another war. This policy became known as the Policy of Appeasement.
However, the Munich Agreement, signed by the leaders of Germany, France, Britain and Italy, stated that Sudetenland was to be given back to Germany.

Czechoslovakia previously owned Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia wasn't invited to this agreement) so they were furious and protested about the loss of their owned country. They felt secluded by both Britain and France (who they had been alliances with). Nevertheless, this agreement had been viewed as an accomplishment rather than a negative action. People were pleased because it was an outstanding example of having peace through negotiation rather than a war.

Unfortunately, Germany invaded Czechoslovakia due to the fact that they had been asking for appease with Hitler as Czechoslovakia wanted Sudetenland back. This meant that Hitler broke the Munich Agreement and was lying at the Munich conference. In addition, this showed that Hitler couldn't be trusted and Chamberlain assumed that WW2 could start because Hitler already invaded Czechoslovakia and could move to any other country. Britain knew that Germany were going to invade Poland so Chamberlain threatened to defend Poland in case Hitler went through with the invasion.

This was a short term factor because it was 1938 when the Munich Agreement was signed but a year later WW2 started.

Conclusion

Overall the most important cause of WWII was the Failure of Appeasement. This is because after Poland was invaded by Germany, the war started and lasted 6 years until Germany surrendered and Britain

won.