Tuesday, July 21, 2009

What caused World War II?

World War II
happened largely because two countries were unhappy with the status quo in the world.  These
countries were Germany and Japan.  They did the most to start WWII.

Germany
was unhappy with the status quo after World War I.  Germany had lost that war and the victorious
allies had treated Germany very harshly in the peace treaty that ended the war.  This led to a
great deal of anger among Germans and a desire for revenge. 

Japan did not
lose WWI, but it was unhappy with the status quo as well.  It wanted to be a major imperial
power.  However, the major European powers (and the...

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