The Second World War was caused by a combination of causes like the passive attitude of the democratic powers Britain, France and the USA, Hitler's aims, the League of Nations' failure to preserve peace and the aggression of Hitler's allies. But Hitler's idea of self-sufficiency, his desire to unite German speaking people and to dominate Europe and the World were the most significant causes. His rise was helped by Britain's and France's policy of appeasement, unemployment in Germany and indirectly by the Treaty of Versailles because the majority of the French and the British public believed that the Treaty had unfairly punished Germany and that its' demands were unreasonable. This attitude caused Hitler more likely to be encouraged in his actions, although Germany was also perceived as an unpleasant nationalist government which threatened to return vivid memories of World War One.
During the Geneva summit in 1933 Hitler used all his political skills in order to gain the allowance of the other powers to rearm.
By doing so he broke the terms of the Treaty of Versailles which presented Germany as a victim of harsh reparations, causing hyperinflation and military incapability to act against apparent ancestor of Czechoslovakian and Polish aggression. The brake of the Treaty of Versailles did not only allow Germany to rearm but also encouraged Hitler to break the terms of the Treaty of Versailles again and demonstrated Britain's and France's policy of appeasement. Hitler said when he reoccupied the Rhineland, " that the army had a standing order to retreat" if the French were going show any aggression. But when Hitler invaded Poland he believed that France and Britain would maintain the same attitude as when he entered Czechoslovakia and Austria and was therefore indirectly encouraged by no sign of resistance. Perhaps a Second World War...
Assessing the importance of the causes of WW2
You commented on how WW1 had indirectly contributed to the causing of WW2, though you've never stated the unfinished business….What were the problems unsolved? How did this provoke Germany? Whether your statement is truthful or false, "In some respect World War One was also an indirect cause of the Second World War because it did not succeed in solving the problems that had caused it and many people regarded World War One and World War two as World War Part One and Part Two," you definitely need to justify your statements.
Another loosely tied statement regards Mussolini's want to deal with Fascism and his opposition Anthony Eden, whom most would have no idea who he was (you need to give more info)
Nonetheless, I agree with your points on the unfortunate deaths and assassinations of important political members of the German headquarters. Their deaths had removed Germany's political standings as a nation embodied with peaceful negotiations but rather those which provoked other nations such as a France and Britain into War. The growth of Nazi Germany and under the command of Hitler as we can see from this essay proves to be one of the major factors that cause this war.
A well argued and fairly written essay though I am quite utterly confused with your last sentence, "Because World War Two was caused by the combination of all these causes and we don't know what would have happened if one of the precipitants had not occurred." I think you were trying to say that since we couldn't reverse history and examined each individual war-cause and measured it's level of significance, and tested it like a science experiment where one variable would be tested at a time.
Further analysis and understanding of the text would perfect it..good effort
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