World War II and the Rise of Hitler

             After years of hostile fighting, the First World War had ended and thrust the United States and the rest of the world in a state of depression. There was no money anywhere, people without jobs, homeless families, and a world just waiting for a turn of events. The anticipation may not have brought people the relief they had expected. The rise of Hitler gave Germans the false hope of security and left them with a fascist, Nazi leader. Other countries tried appeasement tactics to please Hitler and control his destruction, territorial expansion, and killings. These tactics didn't work and left countries with one option, Collective security. The most effective response to his aggression was the approach of Collective Security.
             Adolph Hitler came to power in the early 1930s and by 1936, had begun his territorial expansion. The Germans were in the economic struggle they were in believed Hitler and hung on to his promises of a united, stable society. His goals were to united German-speaking people; begin a dictatorship, Aryan supremacy, to establish the 3rd Reich and to dominate Europe and eventually the world. "Oppressed territories are led back to the bosom of a common Reich, not by flaming protests, but by a mighty sword." To establish European appeasement Hitler began taking the land, beginning with The Rhineland. He put other fascist's dictators on the throne in other countries like Francisco Franco in Spain. He took over Austria, Sudetenland, and Poland. Hitler's goals would involve breaking the treaty of Versailles. Another cause of the war was the aggression of Hitler's allies. Italy was ruled by a fascist dictator, Mussolini who wanted to re-establish the Roman Empire. And In Japan, Emperor Hirohito wanted an emperor extending into Australia and China. And lastly in the USSR was the communist dictator, Josef Stalin. All were Fascists leaders who wanted a Tolatarian Government. The last cause of the war was the Isolation of Democra...

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