to take revenge for the unfair treatment from the Treaty of Versailles, expand German territories and in result of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. Formed in 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was considered to be a “humiliation of Germany” and was made “in order to bring 20 million Germans to their deaths and to ruin the German nation,” as Hitler once firmly expressed in his speech of April 17, 1923. Hitler was deeply outraged by the outcome of the treaty and criticized the ‘November Criminals,’ the German
link together or overlap. All these causes reinforce each other and can be split into short, medium or long term causes. These key causes are; the failure of the league, consequences of the treaty of Versailles, Hitler's foreign policy, the great depression, appeasement, Nazi Soviet pact and the invasion of Poland. The failure of the league in the 1930's led to a number of consequences and could be described as a long term cause. The
and the Soviet Union. In this essay, it will discuss in which ways Stalin and the Soviet Union helped Germany years before the war to be better prepared and how making a treaty with Japan help them be more successful in their invasions by freeing troops in the early phases of World War II. How the Soviet Union helped both countries? During World War I the Bolsheviks understood that if the war with Germany was to continue that they would be a target of a revolution and lose their
The Invasion of Poland (1939): • Germany had lost land to Poland under the Treaty of Versailles. • Many German-speaking people lived in areas that were now part of Poland. • Germany viewed Poles as subhuman and wanted their land for lebensraum. • The Nazi-Soviet Pact ensured Russia would not stop Germany’s invasion of Poland. • Hitler thought Britain and France would not keep their promise to defend Poland. • On 1 September 1939 Hitler ordered the German army to invaded Poland. • Britain
Treaty of Versailles World War I ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28th, 1919. After strict enforcement for five years, the French assented to the modification of important provisions. Since the Germans lost the war, their consequences were very harsh. They were forced to accept the responsibility of the war damages suffered by the Allies, which led to them having to accept the reparations (Causes of WW2, n/d). The negotiations revealed a split between the French, who wanted
History – Hitler’s Foreign Policy The Revival of Germany January 1933 – Hitler becomes Chancellor Hitler’s Foreign Policy Aims 1. Destroy Treaty of Versailles (Versailles had limited Germany’s armed forces, taken away her colonies, forced Germany to give land to her neighbours which meant there were Germans under foreign rule) and impose German control in Europe. This involved rearmament & the destruction of French alliance system. 2. Union of German-Speaking people → Hitler
re-militarism of the Rhineland, the spanish civil war, the lightning war and the alliances with Italy and Japan. Hitler's aims were clear, he wanted lebensraum (living space) in order to gain self-sufficiency, wanted to abolish the treaty of Versailles and revenge for those who signed it. And some years after he seized power it was clear he wanted to dominate the whole of Europe and the rest of the world. The Second World War was caused by Fascist aggression and the failure
due to the harshness of the Versailles treaty and as a result the rise of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party The effects of the treaty of Versailles: The treaty of Versailles harshness was one of the main causes for the outbreak of World War II. It began in 1919 when Lloyd George of England, Orlando of Italy, Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson from the US met to discuss how Germany will pay for the devastation it cause in World War II. Woodrow Wilson wanted a treaty based on his 14-point hoping
the war, it was an accumulation of many problems that built up over time. Though many factors contributed in starting the war there were three that were the most prominent, these were, the effects of the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler 's actions, and the failure among the league of nations. The treaty left people starving, impoverished ,and furious. Hitler was not a man of his word, which created many complications among countries. The League of Nations was an international group created to help keep
is clear that if the Western Powers had retaliated against Hitler, war could have been avoided, it encouraged Hitler, Hitler could never be appeased, and that it prompted the Nazi-Soviet Pact. Despite large extent the policy of appeasement in the outbreak of war it is superseded by other factors such as the Treaty of Versailles. The appeasement policy, contrary to its aim, encouraged aggression, because each time Hitler