what were the causes of the second world war
hitler was to blame
some historians say that hitler hat communisms and wanted to stop it by controlling Russia. to do this he would have to invade, starting a war.
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in main kamfe hitler said that the only way to make Germany strong again was to fight to overturn the treaty and tack lebensraum.
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hitler forgoing policy aims were to overturn the treaty, create a greeter Germany to unite German speaking people and acquire lebensraum.
meant hitler would have to invade countries, which would start a war
appeasement
the treaty of versiles
the frailer of the league of nations
the nazi-soveat packet
the depretion
faller in Manchuria
the Abyssinian crises
showed Briton and France would undermine the league
no army no action
showed acts of aggression would not be
dealt with effetely.
showed that the league was week
desperate people turned to dictators
desperate countries were too preoccupied with their own problems to support the league of nations, so there was less international cooperation.
the league could not afforded to put efficient economic sanctions on aggressors.
Briton felt that hitler should be allowed to overturn the treaty, so didn't intervein to prevent events such as anchyloses at firt.
created new states (Or re-establish states) such as Czechoslovakia and Poland where many Germans were living. hitler was determined to reunite these people in a greater Germany.
to harsh on germiny
hitler promised to right a rong of the treaty.
territory was taken from Russia to create Poland. Russia wanted wanted his land back and so sighed the nazi-sovot pact.
meant that hitler did not have to face a war on two fronts
allowed hitler to invade Poland, which Briton and France had promised to protect
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meant hitler was baked up by the Ussr
opportunities to stop hitler were missed such as when he remilitarised the rhinlande
politicse like chamberlin were to blame
people all over europe were desperate to avousde repeaing the horrors of ww2
chamberlin made a mistake trusting hitler
the munich agreement aliented stalin who turned to hitler and sughned the nazi-soveat pact