At the end of World War I, there were numerous fearful and terrible damages that happened in the world. The Allies shifted responsibilities to the Central Powers, especially to Germany. As a result, countries, such as the Ottoman Empire and the Austrian-Hungarian Empire were divided into a couple of small countries. Meanwhile, Germany needed a leader who would tide them over the crisis; and there was a leader, whose name was Hitler. As a military man, Adolf Hitler was fatigued by the debt that had to be paid for all the compensation from World War I. One of the reasons why Hitler planned to start another war was that he could not pay all of the debt back and make proper compensation for World War I. However, Europeans and Americans ignored the threats of Germany as none of their business, and then World War II became the world’s business. There was a plethora of “war guilt” during World War II, for example, persecution of the Jews caused the war to be more painful. World War II is the most important event in history because it brought many results into the world; for example, World War II proved to be the most costly war in history, the number of deaths and amount of money lost during the war transformed the political, social, and economic situations in Europe, the world divided into two “super powers”, and one of the visible results of World War II was the creation of the United Nations.…
The Treaty of Versailles marked the end of World War I in 1919. Germany and their allies were blamed for WWI. Because Germany was blamed for sparking the war, they had their military restricted to 100,000 men, had to pay reparations, lost their Pacific and African colonies, and the Rhineland was turned into a demilitarized zone. In the 1920s, Adolf Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany and began rising in power. He became the Fuhrer in 1934.…
The 1920s began with a favorable outlook for peace, however towards the end of the decade, clouds of war began to form. Aggressors began to take charge and strong feelings of nationalism arose. Fascist leaders such as Benito Mussolini of Italy and Adolf Hitler of Germany also helped lead Europe into the outbreak of a war and into a new era.…
At the end of World War I, Europe was faced with economic problems. More than 25 million were unemployed worldwide. (Document #5) The Great depression effected economy, with global industry dropping 36%m and world trade decreasing by 62%. The governments during World War engaged in heavy borrowing which caused iflation. Much of European economy was built on the loans from the United States. One country, Germany had high level of interest, which crushed agriculture and industry, a burden on taxes and external debt. In the beginning of the year of 1931 with the highest unemployment rate of 23.3.(Document #6) Fascism preached several ideas that benefited a country. Fascists believed that a nation must struggle i n order to be safe and strong, peaceful countries were attacked. Germany, a fascist country under the rule of Adolf Hilter was one of them. (Document #2)…
1830-60 The most brutal period of slavery for African Americans as a result of a growing abolitionist movement ignited by revolts in the African American community of the early 19th century.…
Leading up to the First World War, there were significant political changes happening. Industrialization, Imperialism, and Nationalism once promised great things for the people now only produced weapons, conflict, and hate.…
After World War I created instability with in Europe the stage was being set for another world war that would follow a mere two decades later. Germany was both unstable politically and economically and with the help of Hitler they were determined to get back on their feet. Hitler began rearming the country and signed strategic treaties with Italy and Japan in order to gain more ground on his goal of world domination. Hitler invaded Poland in September of 1939 and as a result Great Britain and France were inclined to declared war on Germany. World War II…
idealist period: A time between the two world wars when the world tried to attain a peaceful globe…
The First World War ended in an Allied victory, but the economies of Britain and France were shattered. In order to rebuild their economies, they had to disarm rapidly. The First World War had also given rise to strong anti-war sentiments, especially in Britain and France. Germany, who was blamed entirely for the outbreak of the First World War, received harsh reparations and was forced to sign the unfair Treaty of Versailles, which made Germany lose territory, as well as limited her armaments. This sparked resentment in the Germans who felt injustice that the war was entirely blamed on them which was prominently evident in Adolf Hitler who rose to power as Fuhrer of Germany in 1933. The highly nationalistic Nazi leader came into power a goal: to make secure and to preserve the racial community and to enlarge it. He hated the Versailles settlement and wanted to destroy it, hence fore building up the army and recovering lost territories to preserve German race. Therefore the in contrast to the Allies, Germany under Adolf Hitler was aggressive and influenced by revisionism. In attempt to preserve peace and not start a war with Germany, Britain and France, the two great powers gave in to Germany instead of standing against the aggressive Hitler. Appeasement is a term often applied to the overly acquiescent foreign policy practiced by Neville Chamberlain when dealing with Hitler’s Nazi regime. However, instead of preserving peace that Britain and France desperately wanted, it ironically allowed Hitler who did not have concrete plans on how to achieve his goals, to exploit their weakness and used situations in his advantage, which then resulted in the Second World War. While some may agree to this stand, others argue that Hitler intended a major war right from the beginning as seen from his book Mein Kampf and later on…
World War II which gave rise to negative results such as cold war has been an issue about which historian debate. Although various opinions have come out, two historians, Derek Aldcroft and Mark Mazower, contend with different interpretations of The Versailles Treaty. Aldcroft insists that the treaty led major unsolved issues, failing to reshape Europe, to treat Germany, to relieve and reconstruct Europe, international monetary stabilization, and issue of the leadership of the United States. In addition the issues made Germany bitter and resentful. Mazower provides the treaty contributed to credible job and generated a model world order under which Europe lives today.…
World War II spanned a six year period between September 1, 1939 (the date of Germany’s invasion of Poland) and September 2, 1945 (the date of the Japanese surrender) (“Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941—Overview and Special Image Selection.” 2). After the invasion of Poland, Germany quickly struck again crushing Denmark, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, and France. In June 1940 Great Britain stood alone against Germany and then that same month Italy joined Germany’s side in the war. It was realized even at the time of the U.S. decision to enter the war that it would be a war which would probably result in more long-term and far-reaching political and cultural consequences than any other war in…
After the deaths of 37,508,686 soldiers by the end of World War I, Europe was a mess. Countries had been dissolved and rearranged, governments had fallen and been replaced, and economies were thriving then crashing, all as a result from World War I. One of the main goals at the end of World War I was to prevent another tragedy like World War I from happening again. Clearly that did not happen, as World War II still happened, causing over 50 million deaths. The repercussions of World War I caused World War II due to radical ideology, bad economic conditions, and nationalism to the point of extremity.…
When the war and the great depression ended, European countries were nearly bankrupt. After World War 1, Hitler found his new beginning as a leader. Germany felt like after the war all of the countries were ganging up on them, so they wanted another war. This then lead to the Holocaust, a murder of approximately six million Jews by Nazi’s. The first step of action was you cannot live among us as Jews. Second was you cannot live among us, and last you cannot live. Hitler and the Jews had every step planned perfectly.…
In 1776, the United States of America were in need of a government that knew how to rightfully use the resources of the country and how to make everyone feel united. The rule of Great Britain in America created a sense of fear and distrust in the minds of the people living in the United States of America at that time as Britain had time and again abused its power during its American conquest, making the lives of the middle class, a living nightmare. Under the British rule, Americans faced continuous taxes and enforcements. Mercantilism was instilled according to which a nation was primarily an economic factor. Raw goods were purchased in cheap from the American colonies and then sold as manufactured goods in Great Britain at high prices.…
World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. From the time of its occurrence until the approach of World War II, it was called simply the World War or the Great War, and thereafter the First World War or World War I. This war The war drew in all the world's economic great powers which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire, Japan and USA) and the Central Powers which included (Germany, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire). In this essay I shall examine the factors that resulted in Germany’s losses in WW1.…