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Causes of World War II in Europe, Germany, The Treaty of Versailles,…
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Germany
Aggression and the Idea of RUT: Rearm Germany, Unite Germans, Gain Territory
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Nazi Ideology
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Historians Hobsbawm, Taylor, and Roper to be one of, if not the, biggesst factor that led to WWII
Hitler
A huge part overall - many of the things on other branches of Germany contributed to his rise which led to war -- See notes on Hitler's rise and how he influenced the start of war -- a lot of it is on here in other spots. Note that many perspectives exist as to how important he himself was.
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The Treaty of Versailles
The League of Nations
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Overall struggled, was undermined by members' lack of commitment and the Council of Ambassadors
Article 231, the War Guilt Clause
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Overall contributed to the anger, both because of the force guilt itself and the reparations they were forced to pay
Territory Losses
Made the people angry, especially the land that was ethnically German and would be part of Germany if self-determination was applied
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Lost some of the new territories they had taken, such as Alsace-Lorraine and Schleswig-Holstein
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Diktat
Between the demilitarization and Article 231, the German people were very angry over the treaty
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The Weimar's Surrender, coupled with the harsh treaty, made them look really bad in the eyes of the German people, contributing to Hitler's rise
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Demilitarization
The German army restricted to 100,000 men.
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Failures of Governments
France and the UK
Appeasement
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Considered by historians Parker and Taylor as one of, if not the, biggest factor that led to war
The Weimar
Article 48 - President got emergency powers in times of crisis,but also declared the times of crisis in which emergency powers could be used
Weak, coalition based government -- lots of new chancellors and votes of no confidence
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