A Decade of Uneasy Peace

The Treaty of Versailles was the major treaty ending military actions against Germany in World War I. The treaty was signed at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, on June 28, 1919, and went into effect on January 10, 1920, following ratification by Germany and four of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan (Mitchner, Tuffs Global Forces of the 20th Century 22). It was not ratified by the United States, which made a separate treaty of peace with Germany in 1921 incorporating much of the Treaty of Versailles by reference (Mitchner, Tuffs Global Forces of the 20th Century 42). The lesser Allied po

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Italian aggression was also a factor in causing World War II. Small efforts were made by the Japanese to negotiate a lift of the embargo. “Hitler set Germany on a course of territorial expansion in central Europe…By encouraging Hitler to think that his territorial ambitions would not be opposed, Anglo-French appeasement contributed to the making of the Second World War” (Adamthwaite 61). When Hitler came into power in 1933, the army had 10 divisions. Hitler clearly wanted a war, and on September 1, 1939, Hitler moved into Poland. Germany’s annexation of Austria was considered an internal affair and also fit the self-determination argument (Mitchner, Tuffs Global Forces of the 20th Century 63). Italy invaded Ethiopia and soon controlled it after (Lee, 121). Hitler even complained, “That fellow has spoiled my entry into Prague!” (Elson, 198). When the American stock market crashed in October of 1929, it took the economies of most ot the other nations with it. Unemployment in many countries reached 30-40 percent, and civil unrest and public disorder was rampant (Mitchner, Tuffs Century of Change 43).

German aggression is perhaps the cornerstone of Axis aggression in the 1930s. Britain and France, still suffering from economic failure, allowed Hitler to reoccupy the Rhineland. One of the points from the Versailles Treaty that angered the German public was the placing of sole responsibility of the First World War on Germany. wers, except China, were also parties.

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