Facts that lead to second world war

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2.  World War I ended with Germany losing its territory and being
forced to pay for the damages done during the war.
 Great depression hit all over the world’s economy, allowing
violent political figures to take over Italy, Germany and the
Soviet Union. These leaders promised their countries a lift in
their economical situation.

3. • Germany’s disagreement with the 14 points of the Treaty of Versaille’s thinking.
• Hitler’s influence on Germans after he became leader of the Nazi Party.
• Germany breaks the Munich Pact by invading Poland.
• Failure of the League Of Nations idea to keep peace by solving disputes through
negotiation. (Failed because not all countries joined it and of lack of acting quickly)

4. Munich Agreement
• September 29, 1938
• Germany-Great Britain-
France -Italy agreement
that Sudetenland would
be the only territory
given to Germany.
• The Agreement broke
when Germany invaded
Czechoslovakia.
• France and UK declared
war on Germany.
Pact of Steel
• May 22, 1939
• Italy-Germany
agreement to military
and political alliance.
• Japan later joins the
pact.
• Axis Powers were born.
Non-aggression
Pact
• August 23, 1939
• Germany -Soviet Union
agreement to not attack
each other.
• Soviet Union was given
Poland from Germany
beginning WWII.
• The Pact broke after
Germany invaded Soviet
Union 2 years later.

5. • Get lost territory
back and new
territory to the
east.
Germany
• Wanted to defeat
Germany after he
broke their Pact.
Soviet
Union
• Because of Pact of
Steel, considered
UK and France
enemies. Wanted
to expand
territory.
Italy
• Came to help
Poland since they
had a treaty.
Great
Britain
• Also came to help
Poland because of
treaty.
France
• Joined Axis since
he considered US
and UK his
enemies.
Japan
• Got invaded by
Japan, and
fighting against
Japan made him
an Allied.
China
• Pearl Harbor got
attacked, declared
war on Axis
Powers.
United
States

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7.  1931
 September 18 - Japan takeovers of Manchuria going against the League
of Nations.
 1939
 Sept. 1 - Germany invades Poland. France and
Great Britain declare war on Germany, initiating
WWII.
 June – Germany conquers France

8.  1940
 April-May- Germany takes over Norway, Denmark, Holland and Belgium.
 Sept. – Germany bombs London. Tripartite Pact is signed (Treaty between Japan
Germany and Italy).
 1941
 June 22 - Germany invades Soviet Union
breaking their Non-aggression Pact.
 Dec. 7 - Pearl Harbor Attack from Japan,
U.S.A. enters the war.

9.  1942 –
 Germany’s mass exile and genocide of Jews takes place.
 1943 –
 Jan-Feb- Soviets attack Germany in Stalingrad, Germany
surrenders(Hitler’s first defeat)
 Italy surrenders to Allies and declares war on Germany.

10.  1944 –
 Allied Powers invade France seeking its liberation
from Germany which they achieve.
 1945
 August – Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders.
 May – Germany Surrenders to Allied Powers.

11. 33%
28%
12%
8%
6%
4%
4%
2% 2% 1%
Total Casualties
Soviet Union
China
Germany
Poland
Dutch East Indies
Japan
India
French Indochina
Philippines
Yugoslavia
Reference: “Top 10 Countries Suffering The Most Casualties In World War II” URL: http://terrific-
top10.com/2011/12/20/top-ten-countries-suffering-the-most-casualties-in-world-war-ii/

12.  Germany was capable to get their territory back and conquer a lot more, but the
Nazis were massively killing on the way. Allied powers intervened in order to stop it,
even if it would take them 7 years to do it. WWII is definitely a lesson to everyone
after witnessing the horrible genocide of the Jews; about what desperate measures
can war lead us humans to do in desperate economic times.

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