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World War II
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World War II
World War II was a very devastating war that stretched around the world. The
Treaty of Versailles, tension between other countries, and Hitlers politics were some of
the sparks that triggered the beginning of everything. How could those things start such
a massive war? A lot of people lost their lives throughout this time, many of them were
just innocent people. This was only the beginning of what was to come.
President Wilson, who was the president of the United States at the time,
stated some of his opinions in his Fourteen Point Address. He wanted to punish
Germany economically, but not harshly, and he wanted to leave enough for them to pay
their debt. Premier George Clemenceau of France wanted to take almost all of
Germanys money, land, military, and weapons. He also wanted Germany to join the
League of Nations to prevent future wars. The Allies werent very supportive of the
presidents ideas. President Wilson knew he had to compromise.
At the end of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles was forced upon Germany
and went into affect. This treaty required Germany to change the boundaries of their
country and some places that were acquired during that period of time. Germany also
had to pay countries that they attacked for all of the damage. Germany also ended up
giving the Allies coal, livestock, timber, ships, and other things that were a huge part of
Germanys main economic support. Everything went downhill from there. Germany was
thrown into a deep depression, and their economy almost collapsed several times.
Millions of people lost their jobs and became very angry with the treaty. They looked for
anyone who could help them out, all the people needed to hear was that they could
regain land and money. Surprisingly, Germany wasnt the only country opposed to the
Treaty of Versailles.
Italy and Japan werent too fond of this treaty either! Japan went into a
Depression just like Germany, that forced them to get aggressive, especially with China
at first, and take land. Italy thought they didnt get enough from the treaty, and were very
unhappy. Benito Mussolini came to power by appealing to the resentment of the Italians
who thought they didnt gain enough in the Treaty of Versailles. Mussolinis power was
then heightened, and he was pretty much in control at the time. He also made fascism,
extreme racism, popular. All girls and boys were enrolled in military organizations to
teach loyalty. He was so cruel to other countries later on into the war that he made
Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie go to the League of Nations, and plead help: “God
and history will remember your judgement. It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.”
A number of ruthless men rose to power during this time, it was so simple! You
only had to be a great public speaker who knew how to say things that people wanted to
hear! Adolf Hitler was that type of man, and that is how his popularity started to rise.
People started to rally around him, he was a shrewd politician and a spellbinding
speaker. Hitler gained popularity by exploiting concern about inflation and
unemployment. Adolf also spoke to people about the bitterness towards the Treaty of
Versailles. In 1921, Hitler became chairman of the National Socialist German Workers
Party, or the Nazi Party. He was a very openly racist man, and he portrayed German
people as superior to all other people. The Nazis, along with Hitler, directed much of
their anger towards the Jews, and blamed them for all of their problems. Nazis
boycotted all Jewish shops. His extreme anti-Semitism, or hatred of Jews, later led to
unspeakable tragedies. Soon after he became the chancellor of Germany in 1933, he
established a totalitarian rule, that means that a single party and its leader suppress all
opposition and control everything in peoples lives. Hitler claimed that Germany had the
right to expand their territory. The country needed more living space, or “lebensraum” as
he would say. Germanys neighbors watched in horror as Hitler swiftly built up military
strength and rebellion towards the Treat of Versailles. He also withdraws from the
League of Nations. To gain support of his plans to expand Germanys land, he joined an
alliance with Italy. Japan later joined forces with them to form the Axis powers.
In the late 1920s, Joseph Stalin rose to power as the Communist leader of the
Soviet Union. He demanded complete obedience from everybody, no exceptions, he
obtained most of his obedience through force. Stalin executed his rivals, ordered death
of thousands of people that were suspected to be, or supporting rivals, and he sent
millions of Russians to cruel labor camps. Stalin also reorganized the nations