Essay On Events That Led To Ww2

Events that occur in history are often linked to each other or are results of each other. World War One and World War Two are two examples of this. The end of World War One directly led to the start of World War Two because the Allied Powers made decisions that would later affect themselves and other countries. Not only did they blame the entire war on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles, forcing Germany to pay for all the damages, but they also outlawed war, practice appeasement, and forced democracy on all the defeated countries, including Germany. All of these events directly led to the start of World War Two when the oppressed nations began to desire a better lives for themselves. World War One was fought with trench warfare, which meant that both sides dug into the ground in order to hold back the opposing troops. This type of warfare prolonged the fighting and caused a stalemate in many places. In 1918, however, nearly four years after the war began, the Allied forces began to slowly advance on Germany. The war was ended when Germany called for an armistice with the Allied Forces. "At 5 AM on the morning of November 11 an armistice was signed in a …show more content…
The creation of the League of Nations and its refusal to stop the early actions of Japan, Italy and Germany also led to World War Two. The League of Nations was created by Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, following the end of World War One in 1920 during the Paris Peace Conference. The League was created from Woodrow Wilson 's Fourteen Points, which were designed to maintain world peace and avoidance of all future wars. The United States, however, did not join the League of Nations, despite Woodrow Wilson 's wishes to do so. The League also made many poor decisions and did not stop Japan Italy and Germany 's early rises to power, despite their knowledge of