World War II has been considered one of the most horrendous tragedies to ever occur in history. Violence, hostility, death and aggression dominated the 1930s and 1940s in certain European nations. The determined German leader, Hitler played an important, yet prominent role during this time period. With the rise and domination of fascism in Germany and Italy, the goal to maintain peace, established by the Treaty of Versailles ended up in major disaster. World War II began with the poor economic conditions in Europe after World War I and the confrontation of contrasting governments.
World War I ended in November 1918, and the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. The Treaty of Versailles helped cause World War II by treating Germany unfairly, and not letting Germany have any input in the Treaty. When Hitler rose to power in Germany what he wanted was Germans to become the master race and wanted to have a 3rd rike he did everything he could even though it didn’t work out he killed Millions of people. The allies allowed Germany to annex Austria in 1938 which was forbidden by …show more content…
There were many effects caused by World War II, and one of the effects were the Nuremberg Trials for War crimes. Though Hitler and many of his accomplices committed suicide, most of the high-ranking officials in Germany did not escape justice. In 1945 when the concentration camps throughout Europe were liberated, the world was shocked to see what horrors lay within. Around twelve million people had been murdered in total; half of them were Jews. The Allies were faced with a predicament; since genocide had never been publicly identified before, there were no formal laws against such mass murder. The outcome of the Nuremberg Trials was a radical transformation of the international criminal justice system and it played an important role to the writing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, trials continued in Germany to denazify
World War I ended in November 1918, and the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. The Treaty of Versailles helped cause World War II by treating Germany unfairly, and not letting Germany have any input in the Treaty. When Hitler rose to power in Germany what he wanted was Germans to become the master race and wanted to have a 3rd rike he did everything he could even though it didn’t work out he killed Millions of people. The allies allowed Germany to annex Austria in 1938 which was forbidden by …show more content…
There were many effects caused by World War II, and one of the effects were the Nuremberg Trials for War crimes. Though Hitler and many of his accomplices committed suicide, most of the high-ranking officials in Germany did not escape justice. In 1945 when the concentration camps throughout Europe were liberated, the world was shocked to see what horrors lay within. Around twelve million people had been murdered in total; half of them were Jews. The Allies were faced with a predicament; since genocide had never been publicly identified before, there were no formal laws against such mass murder. The outcome of the Nuremberg Trials was a radical transformation of the international criminal justice system and it played an important role to the writing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, trials continued in Germany to denazify