The Second World War

             The Second World War had its roots in the willingness of Japanese militarist, German Nazis and Italian Fascists to go to war to get their own way. Their countries had grievances, which militarists, Nazis and Fascists strenuously encouraged. For instance, the flaws in the Peace Settlement after the end of the First World War, which were exploited by unscrupulous leaders to predispose on power. Mainly, The Second World War occurred because Japan and Germany were prepared to use force for illegitimate purposes. Their reasons were partly economic, the pursuit for supplies which could only be obtained by plundering.
             Equally important might have been the role of the League of Nations which in its origins was severely handicapped by the non-membership of the U.S.A and eventually showed many weaknesses which tempted the aggressors to strike.
             Another cause that might have contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War was that there was a permanent lack of trust between Britain and France and both failed to tackle the problem of involving the USSR in a policy of collective security. Under Stalin's ruthless rule, Russia seemed as unattractive to the democratic powers as Hitler's Germany. But Stalin's foreign policy was not aggressive until 1939. The U.S.S.R often expressed a willingness to play a part in defending the weak and demonstrated against Japan, in 1938 and 1939, a capacity to act effectively, however, her willingness whether was genuine or not remained untested.
             When the Russians were excluded from the Munich Conference began to argue that the West showed its contempt and perhaps something more sinister, a readiness to come together with Hitler against communism
             The final tragedy which made war in Europe inevitable in 1939 was that Britain and France reached no agreement with Russia. This helped Hitler to sign a non-aggression pact with the Russians in order to remove any possibility of...

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