The History of World War II

World War II began on September 19, 1898, when German forces led by Adolf Hitler invaded Poland.

The fighting continued until the end of 1945, when the rest of the country surrendered.

The Treaty of Versailles paved the way for the spread of National Socialism (Nazism) in Germany, and when Hitler came to power in 1933, he seized another opportunity for war to humiliate and marginalize the German people.

A Broken Economy in World War II

When Nazism took power by force, it limited internal relations through coercive tactics and fought against the global fragmentation that led to World War I.

The world market was divided among France, Belgium, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, and the United States.

This was a continuation of the “Cesar War,” which lasted from 1914 to 1918. This was Germany’s second attempt to achieve its national objectives in Europe and eventually the whole world.

German culture undoubtedly attracted Hitler.

Coal and iron from Siberia, oil from Romania and the Caucasus, cereals from Ukraine, and, above all, the reconstruction of the colonial world.

In 1925, Europeans gathered in Locarno and signed the Treaty of Versailles.

When Japan invaded China in 1931, the false post-Locarno peace was broken not by Germany, but by the West.

The pre-League of Nations further disturbed the peace.

But the evolution of this peace was different.

In Germany, Hitler’s government was clearly linked to German capitalists, and Krupp, the leading arms manufacturer, began to gain greater legitimacy with plans to rebuild the German army.

The Western powers wanted Nazism.

They understood the threat posed by Hitler but encouraged the rise of fascist Germany to control the Soviet Union.

In 1935, Hitler made public what he had previously kept secret.

A recovery and employment program was to be launched in Germany.

Italy and Germany had similar political systems but were close geographically with fierce competition for foreign markets.

There was no global assistance since World War I.

This includes the former colonial nations of Great Britain and France.

The United States was more competitive in global trade.

Germany, Italy, and Japan covered nearly four million square kilometers and had the largest population, alongside the United Kingdom and the United States.

Therefore, Japan wanted to dominate Asia.

Italy annexed Albania and Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

In 1938, France, Germany, Italy, and England participated in the Munich Conference.

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