What is the main cause of WWII? Was it political economic etc! oh back up your answers!!?
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the first post is all there.\nthe only thing i'll add is in the east japan invaded china and korea, and progessed up to india, part of the british empire. this forced britain into a war with japan. america was going to attack japan, which led japan to a pre-emptive attack; Pearl harbour.\nalthough it was all WWII the war in europe and the war in the east were independant of eachother and both had their own starting points
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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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what a stupid question!  What's Germany speaking English got to do with anything?  The war was due to economic issues and rampant German militarism.   I don't think speaking English instead of German would have made a blind bit of difference.
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Most people say that it motivated Adolf Hitler and helped because the Central Powers i.e. the enemy in W W I were forced to pay and one result was the almost destruction of the German Economy that created hyperinflation.  The US great depression does not compare.\n\nSome say it was The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.\n\nWorld War I was about money and power so there was no need for the US to get involved.  This war was the POLAR or World War II. In W W I empires fought.  The Austrian-Hungarian empire lost and so did the Ottoman.  Mesopotamia was ruined by England as were the Kurds.  The Allies while fighting the Central Powers{they were NOT the Axis like in W W II} ignore the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman and to this date they mostly do.  \n\nThe following is an example and proof of how consequences from World War I has not fully died.\n\nPresident George Walker Bush fired "recalled" an Ambassador because he sided with the Armenians \nWant proof ?\n\nMay 27, 2006\nU.S. Ambassador to Armenia fired for referring to Armenian genocide\nU.S. Ambassador to Armenian John M Evans’ recall over his forthright remarks about the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
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To sacrifice 100,000+ Japanese lives for possibly millions of Japanese, European and American lives.  The war would have continued if it were not for "the bomb" - and once on mainland Japan, it would have been disastrous.  The Japanese actually did not surrender until after we bombed another city, Nagasaki, several days later.  This is a testament to their will and determination at that time.\n\nThe other important thing to remember is that Germany was also developing a nuclear device and was ahead of us with delivery systems (rockets, missiles, etc.), so it was imperative that we not only develop the bomb(s), but demonstrate that we had them and their effectiveness, as horrible as that sounds.\n\nNuclear weapsons are a terrible thing, cost countries billions of dollars to develop, and if used again, will most likely damage the planet irreparably.
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Ahh. Finally an intelligent, meaningful, properly spelled and punctuated question.\n\nIn my educated opinion:\n\n1) Because of the way the German people were treated after World War I came to an end. The Americans, French, and English foolishly did not offer any aid to the Germans, but instead allowed the economic conditions in Germany to deterioriate. After WWI, Germany experienced a hyperinflation that, in practical terms, meant that the average person's standard of living got worse every month. People were quite unhappy, and Hitler exploited this unhappiness by pointing to a scapegoat: the Jews. (Please note that the opposite happened after World War II because of the Marshall Plan.)\n\n2) Because of a continuing and underlying hatred of Jewish people, not only in Germany, but across Europe. In my opinion, this hatred was not only tolerated, but to some extent encouraged, by the Catholic church. It goes back to the ridiculous idea that Jesus Christ was killed by Jews. When Hitler offered up the Jews as scapegoats, many Germans agreed with the concept.\n\n3) The unquestioning loyalty to goverment and country of the German people, and the unwillingness of good people to speak out before it was too late. See below.\n\n4) Hitler's brilliance as a motivator and public speaker.\n\n5) The average person's well-founded fear of Hitler's government.\n\nHere is a famous quotation from Martin Niemoller:\nFirst they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—\nbecause I was not a communist;\nThen they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—\nbecause I was not a socialist;\nThen they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—\nbecause I was not a trade unionist;\nThen they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—\nbecause I was not a Jew;\nThen they came for me—\nand there was no one left to speak out.\n\nTHANK YOU for asking this question.
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It was oil and other resources such as rubber and scrap steel.  Oil was the reason Japan coveted S E Asia.  \n\nThere was another reason:  an underestimation of the foe they were taking on.  They underestimated the industrial might of the USA . Yamamoto, the Japanese admiral who planned and led the attack on Pearl Harbor stated exactly what was to happen: initial successes until Japan would be overcome by the strength of the industrial response.  Also, call it nationalism or perhaps racism, Japan didn't think they would lose to the USA.  They thought they were tougher and better warriors.  And they were a tenacious, brave adversary.  But they woefully misunderstood the spirit of the Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen who fought under the Stars and Stripes.
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I think a lot of Hitler's power came from the fact that the country was at war.  He had to keep Germany physically fighting its neighbors to justify the massive roll-back of civil rights and keep the support of his constituents.\n\nStalin was able to keep power with a fictitious "war" against the ideas of capitalism, European totalitarianism and general anti-communism.  It was a much more amorphous and flexible idea of "war" that kept the Russian population willingly docile for far, far longer than the Germans.
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Communism would be the main cause of U.S.'s entrance into WWII, as a result of Hitler's growing power in Europe.
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It seperated some aspects of them . The U.S's primary goal at this point was to gain more allies. Because of the power around them caused by communism , this became more difficult by the day.  So, it made those who wanted to be on their own strive to do so.  The war gave Europe more seperated than they already were. With Germany's hostility towards the U.S made it hard and had been one of the main causes if not the main cause of WWII . This hostility eventually spread causing a Nazi rebellion . This was all because of the Treaty of Versailles .  The treaty was made so that reparations could be paid. These reperations or war fines had to be paid by Germany .
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hmmmm. that one is tricky. but take ww2 for ex. the war was a big boost for the economy esp. since it started during the depression. it gave people jobs. and helped with the stock market. socially it wasn't so great though it did help people by boosting there moral as in getting jobs. but on the German front it was devastating to Jews and anyone the Germans persecuted. long term it ended up bringing Communism which as we all know isn't that great. so basically you are looking for anything that would be kinda like that where you could see a drastic impact on all fronts. good luck. hope i helped if not sorry.
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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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the axis powers (hitler) want to unite all the "german speaking people" in europe as one country of germany. this is basically taking over the whole of europe because there are german speaking people everywhere. also, hitler blames the jews because when he was a soldier in WW1 and they lost, he blamed the government leaders, who were mostly jewish. \nthe allied powers saw hitler as a mass murderer (who he was) and based on some of the rules of the league of nations (something similar to the UN which was put into effect after WW1 in an effort to stop another war from occuring) decided to help the countries that were being attacked...by germany. this is how the 2 powers re-formed from ww1.
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A large part of the world wars (both) was the growth of the "fatherland" (der Vaterland), and the spread of the german way of life.  A big idea is "doing it for the people". There is also some of the idea of "they brought the fight to us" (by messing with us/ allies), even though that might not have been true (propaganda is about what you make people believe, after all).  Some of the later propaganda was also aimed at the Americans, trying to convince them to go home, that it wasn't their fight.\n\nYou can focus on the soldiers, but a lot of propaganda stayed at home telling the farmers/workers to keep up/ increase their production so the people/soldiers won't suffer, as well as the anti-propaganda against the other nations.
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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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There are many contributing factors and possible theories. Here are some points to consider:\n\n    * Jealousy. Some Jews were successful and held powerful positions in Austria and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. At the same time, the world was suffering in the Great Depression. For various reasons, including war reparations for World War I, Germany was being hit the hardest by the worldwide economic depression. Successful Jews were envied and blamed for "taking German jobs." \n\n    * During World War I, communism was on the rise. Lenin's Revolution had forced Russia out of the war. The German Army at times faced near rebellion among their own troops. This contributed to Germany being forced to sue for peace. Since some socialist/communist leaders were Jewish this was exploited as another reason for Germans to hate Jews. Hitler often spoke of Bolshevik (communist) Jewry. There is still a strong association in people's minds between Jews and leftism. \n\n    * Hitler and other Germans absorbed some of their parents' racism. Anti-Semitism has a long history. \n\n    * Some Germans held to the belief that "Jewish bankers" were responsible for the Treaty of Versailles because they stopped funding WWI. \n\n    * The Balfour Declaration of 1917 supposedly proves that Jews betrayed Germany in World War I. According to one who holds this theory, "During the Great War (World War I), members of the Zionist Jewish elite bartered with England and promised to bring the United States into the war in exchange for Palestine. This is the root cause of the belief that the Jews contributed to the defeat and subsequent economic rape of Germany in the post-war years." \n\n    * Jews became a scapegoat for all of Germany's economic problems. (According to this racist sentiment, "international Jewish financiers like the Rothschilds, Oppenheimers, Bilderbergs, etc., plunged the world into a war for their business profit.") \n\n    * Hitler and many Nazis were influenced by an anti-Semitic book called "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion." \n\n    * Some claim that Hitler's mother was half-Jewish and he was ashamed of this. (Hitler's grandmother on his father's side was a housekeeper in the home of a Jewish family. When she left she was pregnant with his father.) \n\n    * A rumor says that in Hitler's youth he slept with a Jewish prostitute and contracted syphillis. \n\n    * There is one theory that says Hitler hated Jews so much because of his mother's death. She died in a hospital and the doctor may have been Jewish. There is a story that the Jewish doctor needed to examine Hitler's mother's breast because she had breast cancer. Hitler resented the man touching his mother intimately. Alternately, he hated the doctor for not being able to save her. One piece of evidence that contradicts this theory is a letter from Hitler to the Jewish doctor, where he apparently thanks the doctor numerous times for his help. \n\n    * Hitler lived in Vienna from 1907 to 1913 and those were the most difficult years of his life. Hitler was trying to become an Architect or to make himself a name in field of arts. He was twice rejected from the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. The second rejection by the Academy was one of the most traumatic experience of his life; all his dreams were shattered. After discovering that four out of seven professors that rejected him were Jewish he blamed the Jews for his failure. \n\n    * The Nazis had a vision of an Aryan German race that did not include Jews and many other groups of people. \n\n    * Here is an example of Hitler's anti-Semetic racism from a speech given in Munich in July 1922: "His is no master people; he is an exploiter: the Jews are a people of robbers. He has never founded any civilisation, though he has destroyed civilisations by the hundred...everything he has stolen. Foreign people, foreign workmen build him
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The immediate Causes of World War II are generally held to be the German invasion of Poland, and the Japanese attacks on China, the United States, and the British and Dutch colonies. In each of these cases, the attacks were the result of a decision made by authoritarian ruling elites in Germany and Japan. World War II started after these aggressive actions were met with an official declaration of war, armed resistance or both.