compare the causes of world war 2 with those of world war 1?
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WW1 was about world leadership with japan so we are told and WW2 was about Hitler
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No, no, no. Especially not with history. Look into WW2 for more on that. They definitely have  two totally different languages. Their cultures are a lot different.\n\nIn a nutshell, they are not really related at all.
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Yes. Arguably, Versailles LED to WWII.  The Treaty of Versailles (ToV) harshly punished and blamed Germany for a war that was caused by poor dimplomacy and an all-around lack of goodwill on all sides that might have prevented the war in the first place.  The causes of the war were extremely complex, not the least of which was that many countries were just ITCHING to "play" with the new "toys" of war that industrialization had provided.  America acutally wanted a more balanced outcome at Versailles but wasn't strong enough on her own in 1919 to bring that about (and was in any case reeling from a flu epidemic at home that incapacitated their president).  Thanks largely to the self-righteous attitude of some countries that were out for blood - France in particular - the Germans were singled out as the cause of the war and were made to bear the brunt of the defeat.  This quite naturally led to considerable resentment among the German people - the wisdom of hindsight now allows us to see that this anger and resentment were to become the fertile soil upon which the fanatic Hitler was able to successfully sow his seeds of hatred and destruction.  Following WWII - a much stronger America - mindful of the lessons learned from the conclusion of WWI - insisted on creating strong and wealthy democracies out of the deafeated nations of Germany and Japan instead of creating punished adversaries seething with resentment.  The results of that courageous American vision stand in stark contrast to that offered by the European powers after WWI, as well as the Soviet model offered to Eastern Europe after WWII - and the results are plain for all to see.
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1775 but there was events that began before this year. Most wars always have events before that cause a build up to the first shot.WWII was in ways caused by what happened at the end of WWI. This is a good concept to understand because you will see these current things happening between the U.S.A., Isreal and Iran.
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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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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.
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World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict that took place in 1939–1945. It was the largest and deadliest war in history, culminating in the Holocaust and the dropping of the atom bomb.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
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America's role in WWI was not as large as it was in WWII (although in both wars the U.S. entered the war late - for more information I would compare the information between the two wars check here for a start http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_states_of_america#World_War_I_and_II\n\nGood Luck!!!
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Greed and selfishness are the causes.  What else can be the causes?  Leaders of those European countries want more land and money.  They want only their people to be wealthy and in power.  They want to use all the other people that they took advantage of to make more wealth and power for themselves.  (Hey, don't forget Japan was also involved in WWII.)\n\nThe consequences of those two wars are a lot of hatred between groups of people.  No one will ever forget the loss of a loved one being killed or the house that they've worked for all their lives being bombed and gone within seconds.  Wars destroy futures within seconds.  When stuff like this happens, some people don't forget which group of people or country did it to them.  So they teach their children and grandchildren how to hate the other group of people.  So much hatred in this world came from wars, esp. WWI & WWII.
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WWII, basically the same thing. Germany was blamed the  most for everything.
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World War II had six major causes: anger over the Versailles Treaty, the failure of the peace efforts after World War I, the rise of Fascism, the goals of Hitler, the isolationism by America and Britian, and the re-armament of Europe.
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I think you might have a paper-worthy idea here. Not sure, like the first poster, of the amount of support you'll find to back your theory up, but I do find the comparison appealing, and I've never thought of that before!\n\nHope you can draw the similarities without too much painful, fruitless research! Good luck!
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"d" - Isolationism has been the root cause of our involvement in both world wars.
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During the 1930s, Germany, Italy, and Japan tried to build world empires at the expense of others.  This resulted in a world war as other nations attempted to stop them.  World War II was the most destructive war in human history and became a turning point in history as is resulted in the division of the world into two competing political ideologies: Democracy and Communism.\n\nRise of Fascism\nFascism is the rule of a people by a dictatorial government that is both nationalistic and imperialistic.  Fascist are also anti-communist.  Fascism rose in Italy and Germany due to a severe economic depression that caused widespread poverty.  Benito Mussolini in Italy, and Adolf Hitler in Germany both promised solutions to these problems, and were able to win the support of the masses as they took absolute control over their countries.  Imperialistic goals in Italy, Germany, and Japan resulted in the start of World War II. \n\nThe War\nGermany, Italy, and Japan formed the Axis Powers and waged war against the Allies, composed of Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union.  The war was waged across the globe, with major battles taking place in Europe, North Africa, and various Pacific Islands.  War in Europe ended after the destruction of Germany in the Spring of 1945, and ended in the Pacific after the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in August of that same year.  World War II is a turning point because it marks the beginning of the Nuclear Age, and because it resulted in the creation of the two Superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States. \n\nRebuilding Japan and Germany\nRather than repeat the mistake made by the Versailles Treaty which severely punished Germany for World War One, the allies occupied and rebuilt Japan and Germany. During this occupation, democratic governments were established and infrastructure destroyed during the war was rebuilt. West Germany and Japan would go on to become very competitive economically, often being ranked and compared to the United States.\n\nColonialism Ends\nAfter World War Two, self-determination was extended beyond Europe to regions across the world. Former colonial possessions of European nations such as India and French Indochina became sovereign nations, establishing their own governments.\n\nDemocracy vs. Communism\nAfter the war, the United States and other democratic nations formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which was a military alliance against communism.  The Soviet Union, which had gained control of most of Eastern Europe during the war, formed the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance against NATO.  This period of conflict between democratic and communist countries is known as the Cold War.  The two Superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, dominated world events for nearly 50 years after the end of the war.
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The key difference is that there was no moral justification for our invasion of Vietnam.  We betrayed ourselves and not unlike Iraq entered into a war of choice based on false evidence. \nIn WWII, there actually was a REAL enemy who declared war on the United States from Asia and Europe .\nWW II was winnable, Vietnam was not. Both were costly, only one war was the US right to be involved in.  It was not Vietnam.
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I don't know of any sites to direct you to...\n\nbut you might want to research the economic situation of the countries after WWI...hyperinflation and social instability, which paved the path for Hitler's rise to power.\n\nI would also investigate WHY this happened: the treaty signed punishing Germany, so that they were in the aforementioned economic position...