World War 2.

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WW2 was a long and hard fought war. This war was not fought in the U.S.A. The war was fought mosty in Germany. Most of the war was about a man named Hitler. Not only was it because of Hitler. It was also fought with the Japanese. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president of the U.S.A bring the war.

Out of all the wars that the world has gone through, none has been as devastating as World War II. But what caused this war? Well, World War II had six major causes: anger over the Versailles Treaty, the failure of peace efforts after World War I, the rise of Fascism, the goals of Hitler, the isolationism by America and Britain, and the re-armament of Europe.

The leader of Germany at the time of WW2 and the person who is most thought to have started WW2 was Adolph Hitler.

Adolph Hitler was born in Austria. By the time that World War 1 started in 1914, he was living in Germany. He served well in the German Army and for that he earned a medal for bravery. At the end of the war Hitler decided to take up politics. By 1921 he was already the founding leader of the Nazi party. Hitler was an incredibly racist man and he had a great hate for Jews. By 1933, Hitler gained political power by winning the election. Soon after he made himself absolute dictator, calling himself the Fuhrer which means "Leader". By the end of the 30's he was already sending Jews off too concentration camps to meet a horrifying death.

I believe that Hitler was one of the greatest causes of World War 2. Although there are many other reasons, he was definitely one of them. Another reason was the...