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EFFECTS OF WORLD WAR II
HIS/120
Alberto Barcelo
University of Phoenix

LEADING INTO WWII
AFTER THE GERMANS WERE DEFEATED IN
WWI THE COUNTRY WAS LEFT IN POVERTY,
HAVING TO PAY REPARATIONS AND THEY
LOST PART OF THE GERMAN LAND MASS
GERMANY IN 1924 AND 1929 AGREED TO
PAY REPARATIONS UNDER THE DAWES PLAN
AND THE YOUNG PLAN, BUT THE
DEPRESSION LED TO THE CANCELLATION OF
REPARATIONS IN 1932.(HISTORYCOM, 2016)
(Historyonthenetcom,
2016)

THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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IN 1919, LLOYD GEORGE OF ENGLAND,
ORLANDO OF ITALY, CLEMENCEAU OF
FRANCE AND WOODROW WILSON
FROM THE US MET TO DISCUSS HOW
GERMANY WAS TO BE MADE TO PAY
FOR THE DAMAGE WORLD WAR ONE
HAD CAUSED.
(HISTORYONTHENETCOM, 2016)
(Historyonthenetcom,
2016)

HITLER’S RISE TO POWER
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AFTER BECOMING REICH CHANCELLOR IN 1933, HITLER SWIFTLY CONSOLIDATED
POWER, ANOINTING HIMSELF FÜHRER (SUPREME LEADER) IN 1934. OBSESSED
WITH THE IDEA OF THE SUPERIORITY OF THE “PURE” GERMAN RACE, WHICH HE
CALLED “ARYAN,” HITLER BELIEVED THAT WAR WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GAIN THE
NECESSARY “LEBENSRAUM,” OR LIVING SPACE, FOR THAT RACE TO EXPAND. IN
THE MID-1930S, HE BEGAN THE REARMAMENT OF GERMANY, SECRETLY AND IN
VIOLATION OF THE VERSAILLES TREATY. AFTER SIGNING ALLIANCES WITH ITALY
AND JAPAN AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION, HITLER SENT TROOPS TO OCCUPY
AUSTRIA IN 1938 AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR ANNEXED CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
HITLER’S OPEN AGGRESSION WENT UNCHECKED, AS THE UNITED STATES AND
SOVIET UNION WERE CONCENTRATED ON INTERNAL POLITICS AT THE TIME, AND
NEITHER FRANCE NOR BRITAIN (THE TWO OTHER NATIONS MOST DEVASTATED
BY THE GREAT WAR) WERE EAGER FOR CONFRONTATION. (HISTORYCOM, 2016)