defeated countries would follow. No country was more affected by this than Germany. Many countries wanted to punish Germany for World War I. During the creation of this document that was signed in 1919‚ Germany was given no voice. The Versailles Treaty caused War II because of German territorial losses‚ military losses‚ and Germany forced to take responsibility. As a result of the Versailles Treaty Much of the land that Germany held before the war was lost to other countries. Lands such as Lorraine
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of peace. The goal was that the treaty would make World War I the “war to end all wars.” How did the Versailles treaty point to the rise of Nazism and then later on the start of World War II? The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany harshly in four key ways: The loss of territory‚ military size restrictions‚ economic compensation for the war and war guilt. One reason why the Treaty of Versailles caused World War II is by the loss of territory. After the Treaty of Versaille was signed‚ Germany expends
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Adolf Hitler was the most infamous dictator of Nazi Germany who initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland and he was the mastermind behind many democidal events - most inclusive of the Holocaust. Due to the invasion in Poland in 1939‚ two separate alliances were formed which started World War II. This then provoked larger countries to get involved and join one of the two alliances. As the war ensued Hitler used mass propaganda to persuade the German society into supporting the Nazi party
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World War one started in 1914 and ended in 1918‚ and World War two started in 1939 and ended in 1945. In both wars‚ Germany and its allies had major parts in the beginning of the conflicts. World war one was fought between the Triple Entente & Italy versus Germany and Austria-Hungary & the Ottoman Empire. The results for both wars were almost the same. In World War one‚ no army lost; however‚ Germany politically lost everything‚ or most‚ of what she had. While in World war two‚ Germany surrendered
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World War II was when many countries declared war on each other. It was the most devastating war to have ever existed. The war started in 1939 and lasted till 1945. As a result‚ approximately sixty million people died‚ which at the time was three percent of the world’s population. The war played a vital role in shaping the world today. The formal start of the Second World War was when Adolph Hitler‚ the chancellor of Germany‚ violated the treaty of Versailles‚ which had prevented the Germans from
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these two conflicts and the world was shaped by the outcomes. I will be talking about Six of the most important events in these wars that brought them to such infamy. Not long into first World War in 1915 Germany began to use Chlorine Gas shells. Chemical warfare is one of the reasons behind the high fatalities of The First World War. Not long after these first attacks the allies also began fighting back with Chemicals. Due to the fact that most of World War One was fought in trenches these gas attacks
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Germany.” ("Treaty of Versailles‚ 1919." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum‚ n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2017). This treaty is known as the Treaty of Versailles and was a huge contributor to World War II. After World War I ended‚ there was a need for peace and that was what they intended with the Treaty of Versailles. However‚ it led to more tension between the two sides (the allies and the central powers) as it belittled Germany and caused their resentment towards
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bomb‚ and social eras such as The Harlem Renaissance still play an important role in the lives of Americans today. World War I laid the foundations for the political and economical crisis that was soon to follow. Even before the end of the war‚ Allies claimed reparations from Germany‚ whose economy was destroyed. Wilson‚ after meeting with the Big Four‚ slowly began to accept the idea of reparations. Once implemented‚ the American banks were
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World War II was one of the bloodiest and the most devastating events in history. It destroyed the lives of more than 60 million people‚ which was approximately 3% of the world’s population at the time. The Holocaust also left 11 million casualties from concentration camps all over Europe. Adolf Hitler‚ the German chancellor and the leader of the Nazi party‚ started the war in 1939. He was an ambitious man‚ who wanted to “make Germany great again” as it had to go through humiliation after losing
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The U.S was affected by World War II in many ways. It affected the U.S economically‚ socially‚ and caused America to be established as a major world power. This war lead to accelerated major breakthroughs in science and a revolution of the tax structure previously put in place. It intensified the power of big business and sparked the mechanization of agriculture and agribusiness. It also vastly increased the amount of organized labor. Women became a very big part of the work force because men were
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