Broadly speaking, the causes of World War II can be divided into two, namely the Common Causes and Special Causes
Common Causes.
A common cause of World War II, among others:The failure of the League of Nations (LBB) in creating world peace. LBB is no longer a means to an end, but a political tool major countries for profit. LBB could not do anything when the big countries do as they wish, for example, in 1935 the Italian attack against Ethiopia and Japan seragan terhadapt Manchuria
Developed countries were competing strengthen military and weaponry. LBB by the failure of the Western world, especially Germany and Italy suspicious of Russian communism but then Russia suspicious of Italian fascism and nationalist-socialist Germany. Therefore, mutual suspicion eventually these countries strengthen military and weapons.
The existence of political alliances (find friends alliance). Fears of a major war, the countries find friends and emerged two major blocks namely:
Fascist block, consisting of Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Allied block, consisting of:
Blocks of democracy, namely France, Britain, the United States, and the Netherlands.
Communist bloc, namely Russia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania, and Czechoslovakia.
The existence of contradictions due to expansion.
Germany announced its Lebensraum (German Reich) which includes Central Europe.
Italy wants Italy Irredenta covering the whole Mediterranean Sea and Abyssinia.
Japan announced Shared Prosperity in East Asia.
This means a challenge to imperialism Britain, France, and the United States.
Contradiction schools of democracy, fascism, and communism.
The existence of political vengeance revanche Idea Germany against France because Germany felt humiliated by the Versailles Treaty.
Special Causes.
Europe.
Between 1919 and 1939 Poland pursue a policy of balance between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany by holding a non-aggression pact together both. At the beginning of 1939 Germany demanded Poland's entry into the Anti-Comintern Pact as a satellite state of Germany. Worry about losing independence, Poland refused, Hitler told his generals on May 23, 1939 that the reason for attacking Poland was "Danzig is not an object. For us, it is the widening of living space (Lebensraum) in the East." To scare Hitler, Britain and France announced that the invasion of Poland means war, as well as trying to convince the Soviet Union to work together in this action. Moscow seems to agree but realizes that he can master the Baltic states as well as parts of Poland if allied with Germany, so the Soviet Union into an agreement in August 1939. Efforts to London failed, because Hitler did not estimate the widening war. Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 as well as Britain and France rejected demands to step down, so that both countries declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 in accordance defense agreements they sign with Poland and has been announced publicly.
The attack on the Soviet Union.
Germany attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941. Hitler believed the Soviet Union could be defeated in a lightning attack and continually given the state of the former Soviet Union who are not ready for war, and hopes victory will force Britain to hold negotiations and an end to the war. Hitler also wanted to precede attacked the Soviet Union while the Soviet Union off guard.Asia Pacific.
World War in the Pacific caused by the invasion of Japan without warning against Fleet of the US Navy Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. At the same time, Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Commonwealth controlled by the United States, as well as Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong controlled by the British Empire. These attacks led to the United States and Great Britain declared war on Japan the next day.Four days later the United States brought in a European war when, on December 11, 1941, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declared war on the United States. Hitler chose to announce that en: Tripartite Pact: Tripartite Pact requires Germany to follow Japan's declaration of war; although the real destroyers USA escorting the convoy had fought against submarines ("U-boat) Germany in the Battle of the Atlantic. This statement effectively ended sentiment isolationists in the United States, where the United States immediately responded with officially entered the war in Europe.
End of World War II and its Impact.
World War II was won 1945. According to the Allies in the war, both parties executed an agreement to terminate the agreement.The impact of World War II
a. Potsdam conference between the Allies and Germany (August 2, 1945).The meeting between the allies and Germany in Potsdam has resulted in the following decisions of the Conference Posdam.
Germany was divided into four occupied territory, namely West Germany ruled the United States, Britain, and France, while the Russian-controlled East Germany.
Berlin was divided into two, namely West Berlin was dominated by the United States, Britain, and France, while East Berlin controlled by Russia.
City of Danzig returned to Poland.
War criminals must be punished.
Germany must pay as a result of the loss of the war.
b. Peace of Paris between the Allies and Italy (in February 1947).
The meeting between the Allies and Italy in Paris has produced a decision following the Paris Peace.
All Italian colonies in North Africa taken England.
Italian regions minimized.
Italy had to pay damages of war.
Abessynia and Albania freed back.
Trieste became an independent state under the United Nations.
c. Allied and Japanese meeting in Ship Missouri (September 2, 1945).
2 September 1945 at a meeting between the Allies (US) and Japan in Missouri Ships in the Bay of Tokyo's decision. The result reached is the statement of the Japanese surrendered unconditionally to the Allies.
The impact of World War II.
World War II record huge losses for Countries in Europe, Asia Pacific, and other places. World War has changed the map of the world's life, such as politics, economics, and this is a change of social change. Following post-political, economic, and social from World War II.a. Politics.
United States and the Soviet Union emerged as new world powers giants.A struggle for influence between the United States and the Soviet Union so that it appears the West Block and East Block NATO and the Warsaw Pact her.
The fall of some imperialist in Asia and the Pacific.
The emergence of a new State State State State independent and free from colonialism.
The establishment of world peace UN organizations (United Nations)
b. Economics.
Economic sectors damaged sector of the world.Facilities and infrastructure of life, such as buildings, bridges, highways, housing and so destroyed.
United States become States contributor loan (lender world).
c. Social field.
World War II cost the lives of millions of people.Poverty, hunger, and disease is growing everywhere.
Science and technology is developing rapidly along with the efforts of self-defense.
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