What is the reason for world war II?
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Whose reason? Germany's reason? Italy's? America's? Japan's?\n\nTwo main reasons: Axis aggressions and Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.\nCatalyst prompting war in Europe: Blitzkrieg - Hitler's invasion of Poland.\n\nGeneral reasons: imperialism (German, Japanese, and Italian), alliance systems, appeasement, racism (anti-semitism), expansionism.\n\nAxis powers: Germany, Italy, Japan. \nAllies: USA, Britain, USSR, France.
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over 45 million. world war 2 was because Hitler was being a jack ass.
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The US had previously declined to be involved in WW II.  Pearl Harbor forced the US to take a stand and become involved.  Also, it helped develop a cause for the US and also developed a sense of American National spirit.  Remember Pearl Harbor became the motto for a lot of American Sailors and soldiers.
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The events leading to World War II, its military operations, diplomacy, statistical data, and results, are discussed under the following headings:\n\nhttp://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_i.html\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, UK.
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1. Germany was closely allied with Japan. They coordinated all sorts of things.\n\n2. Immediately after we declared war on Japan, Germany declared war on us.\n\n3. America had to be dragged kicking and screaming into World War II. We attacked Japan because they attacked us. We attacked Germany because they declared war on us. We did not pre-emptively strike anyone, and we did not fight against Stalin because he did not attack us or declare war against us.\n\n4. By "anti-Iraq wackos" I assume you mean Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and the rest, since they manufactured a false reason to go to war with Iraq, and abused the American military as a political tool to slaughter thousands upon thousands of Iraqis.
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Germany's desire for revenge... or for a more complete explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWII
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Because nothing can justify the holocaust. Many also believe that if something so horrid is justifiable then those who still believe in hard right politics (fascists) will rise again and take over and begin another holocaust/World War.\n\nAlso every country in Europe lost a lot of civilians, military, money, etc. due to the war. There is no reason why any country should allow themselves the humility of justifying the holocaust.
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It's basicly the Nazi invasion of Poland after the Allies gave Hitler an ultimatum. Here are some more causes ... \nhttp://www.rpfuller.com/gcse/history/6.html
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World War II was a BIG factor in the USA becoming a power house. Also the 40's produced one of the biggest baby booms in US history for the 50's.
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World War 2, was won by the allies, Due to their ,Unity, Discipline, &Superior Weapons, Training, STRATEGY,& Courage.\nAlso due to the ULTIMATE ISOLATION, of GERMANY, & THE fact that the GERMANS, tried to fight on SO MANY FRONTS, SIMULTANEOUSLY.
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The act that started WWII was Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1938, you can look there. But of course it could be argued that WWII started before that as Naziism took hold of the German country.
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The main reason actually started back in World War II.  Because many of the richer nations of that time were heavily bombed caused those countries to put much of their resources into rebuilding.  America was the only capitalist nation that did not have to rebuild the country and that gave America a big head start.
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historical and geopolitical reasons.  \n\nfirst, during world war 2, the united states found itself allied with the chinese nationalist movement (kuomintang) headed by chiang kai-shek, because they had a common enemy in japan.  american airplanes bombed japanese targets in manchuria in support of kuomintang offensives and the kuomintang provided logistical support to american troops in the region.\n\nafter the war the united states continued to support the kuomintang government during the communist revolution.  mao's communists defeated the kuomintang who retreated to taiwan, where they have remained a powerful political party to this day.  this continued alliance was natural for the US, which believed itself to be engaged in a "global struggle against communism" from the fifties up through '89.\n\nwith wars in korea and vietnam, having an ally in asia was important to maintaining the global reach of the american military.  taiwan is highly dependent on american protection; without american warships lurking in the china sea and US-supplied weapons, they probably would have been overrun long ago.  this has paid off nicely for taiwan, which has reaped considerable economic benefits from the close relationship with the US.\n\nthese days the protection given to taiwan can be seen as one of loyalty, but a more practical reason is that the US government needs allies around the world to conduct its military operations, particularly in areas like the middle east and SE asia.  also, there is a genuine belief in the US that open, democratic societies should be protected and nurtured; so the threat of military reprisal is used in places like israel, taiwan and south korea that would probably otherwise be taken under by hostile neighbors.
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Well, as you said little earlyer about how the war (WWII) wasnt fought, it sounded like you thought it was for no reason... well, because of the war, millions of people died and only 42 percent of those who died were soldiers. But, because of the war, we have learned priceless technolegys in war fighting and also in fixing injuries. The war created many new injuries that the docters back then didnt face before. Also, the communism in germany and spreading was stopped before Adolf Hitler tried to take over Europe and probably more. (although he did control 78 percent of europe at his best)There is a chinese proverb that saids "war is the evil brother of peace" what that means is that although peace might be in the presence, there is always war that comes right around the corner.\nPeace cannot be made without the presence of war.\nThat is all...
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Historically, bad economic times brings out the very worst in people. World War-II began after a very lengthy economic depression and hunger brought tyrants to power.\n\nThe coming commodities crunch - record prices for oil, copper, other important stuff; prices doubling for gold, silver, platinum - along with a Social Security System which now promises retirees NOTHING, is as good a harbinger as any of global war within very few years. That, plus dozens of nuclear-armed countries and terrorist groups.
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The possibilty exits for WWIII. Recent happenings around the world suggest and actually point to this dreadful fact. Hunger, famine and instability in Africa, terrorism and civil unrest in Europe and the overbearing and meddlesome attitude of America in everybody's affairs all point to the possibility of a 3rd world war.
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It started because the mouth invaded the nose to take control of its valuable snot resources.\n\nOh, you mean world war 2? Sorry. Yeah, it started because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. And if anyone posts that answer in all seriousness, I may be forced to kill them in the most painful way possible.\n\nWorld War II started because Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939, prompting Britain and France to declare war. However, some historians place the date as early as 1931 with the Manchurian Incident.\n\nSo, to answer your question, there were a number of events which precipitated the war after the war to end all wars. For a fuller history of the international conflicts of the 1930s/40s, see the wikipedia entry referenced below.\n\nETA: OMG, someone did. I despair for you.