The Treaty of Versailles: Cause of World War II The First World War ended with the Treaty of Versailles going into effect, followed by the Great Depression, collecting German aggression on new limitations, Italian hostility, and Japanese belligerence. Pre World War II conditions were favorable...

Hitler's Remilitarization of the Rhineland In March 1936, Adolf Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland. Hitler's decision to remilitarize the Rhineland was brilliant for four reasons. First, Hitler was able to predict that no nation would try to stop him from remilitarizing the Rhinelan...

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in an Austrian town called Braunau. He was the forth child of Alois Schickelgruber and Klara Schickelgruber. Two of Hitlers siblings died from diphtheria when they were children and one shortly after birth. Hitler's father was a customs official and...