World War ll Causes

  • Alliances

    Alliances
    In the years leading up to World War 2 the nations of Europe were constantly fighting to gain the most amount of power and Alliances. And with these alliances war could break out super easily by just one country declaring war.
  • World War 1

    World War 1
    World War 1 is a cause of World War 2 by destroying Germany economy and cities with bombs and lots of deaths. And as the economy of Germany got destroyed food, fossil fuels, and other items prices increased due to inflation and dept that Germany had to pay.
  • The Rise of Communism

    The Rise of Communism
    The rise of Communism is connected to World War 2 because Communism rose due to the Depression because people were desprete due to not having a job or food for years now because. Communism seemed better then being poor which caused Communism and the rise of Hitler.
  • The Treaty of Versailles

    The Treaty of Versailles
    The Treaty of Versailles is a cause of World War 2 by demanding that Germany pay a lot of money for the damage and costs of the war. Which caused Germany to print more money so they could pay the Allies but that backfired and caused a lot of inflation which caused a depression in Germany.
  • The great depression

    The great depression
    The Great Depression is a time after WW1 where governments became unstable and many people lost their jobs. Which lead to Germany's population becoming despret and allowing a crazy man to become their leader.
  • Fascism

    Fascism
    When world war 1 ended Europe got covered by dictators with powerful fascist governments. Who wanted to expand their empires and conquer new lands which eventually lead to war and world war 2.
  • Japanese Expansion

    Japanese Expansion
    In a perod before WW2 Japan was expanding at a fast rate but Japan could not support its self with the resources it had on its island. So Japan started to conquer and expand to korea and then to china.
  • The Rise of Nazism

    The Rise of Nazism
    Nazism is cause of WW2 because Nazism is a believe that their race is the best and that other races are inferior. And this lead to Nazism rising in Germany and causing another war.
  • Hitler

    Hitler
    Hitler is one of the most major causes of WW2 because Hitler was a very insane man due to him believing that his race was better than any other race. Which lead to him killing millions of jews during WW2 and annexing a lot of territory in europe because. He believed that the treaty of versie left Germany in a terrible place and that the jews and russians backstabed germany during WW1.
  • Appeasement

    Appeasement
    Appeasement is a policy that the allied powers enacted to get Hitler to be appeased by letting him have any piece of land he wanted but he wouldn't be ae to take more land.