TOP 5...reason for WWII

Treaty of Versailles

The treaty of Versailles was signed in Versailles, France exactly 5 years after the assassination that stated the war in the first place. It officially ended the war between Germany and the Allied forces with the United States. It stated that Germany started the word and put huge reparations on the country. It also said that Germany was not allowed to build an army. This angered Germany; they soon realized that the treaty had no real power and they just ignored it.

Pearl Harbor

Although it may not be one of the causes to the beginning of the war, it is hard not to include this because it is the reason the US went to war. Based on the island of Oahu, it was formed in 1911. At 6:05 a.m. on December 7, 1941, the harbor was bombed almost unexpectedly by Japanese Bombers. Over 2,400 innocent people died and the country was infuriated. Soon the US declared war on Japan and later would declare war on Germany. To make it more personal, about half the deaths were form the USS Arizona.

Invasion of Poland

On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Before then, Germany said they were going to unite all German speaking Countries. Britain, France etc looked past this because it was understandable even though it went against their treaty; it was not worth going to war over. But Germany’s invasion of Poland was completely unnecessary. From then on it was obvious that Germany was trying to make an empire.

Japan Conquest

By the time the US entered the war it was obvious that Japan also was trying to build an empire. Japan was ruthlessly trying to take China, and there empire was growing at an alarming rate. One reason for Japan’s conquest was a search for natural resources.

Holocaust

Sadly, this was not the main reason why the US entered the war. It showed even further the insanity that Hitler and Nazi Germany had. In the Holocaust there was 11 million deaths; 11 million different reasons to why the US and other ally forces needed to fight making it a necessary war.