Although the Treaty of Versailles was a big cause for the second world war, it was not the only treaty that influenced fighting amongst the European nations. The Treaty of Rapallo and the Locarno Treaties were two other treaties that managed to draw lines in the sand showing which sides the European countries were on before fighting had even commenced. The Treaty of Rapallo was signed on April 16, 1922 and was signed between the Soviet Union and Germany. The treaty stated that the two countries would, "co-operate in a spirit of mutual goodwill in meeting the economic needs of both countries," (Lupşor). Meaning that both countries agreed to renounce all financial and territorial claims that were made against the other following World War I.
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Although the crash didn’t originate in Europe when it spread across the sea it instantly started to break down many country's financial foundations and weakening them as a whole. Germany was one of the countries to face a harsh amount of problems due to economical failure. The country was already facing a tremendous amount of debt after World War I due to them having to pay all of the expenses but the Great Depression just brought that to new heights. Unemployment was already at one and half million when the depression started but within three years the unemployment rate jumped to around six million. The helpless, hopeless feeling of fear for their life and the future became a common feeling for the German people, but they were still looking for a way out. Their anger with their lifestyle turned political when the people begun to think a new government could possibly bring a better life. “Voters became increasingly disenchanted with the traditional parties,” (Ross 21). This lack of trust or belief in the original parties led people to something new and promising, the National Socialists Party, or the Nazis for short. Their leader, Adolf Hitler, appeared strong, passionate, and dedicated to the German people and promised everything they were hoping for, more jobs and the restoration of German national pride. The German people quickly went from unemployed, broke, and starving to having hope in a better future changing their economic deterioration to having their nation
Although the crash didn’t originate in Europe when it spread across the sea it instantly started to break down many country's financial foundations and weakening them as a whole. Germany was one of the countries to face a harsh amount of problems due to economical failure. The country was already facing a tremendous amount of debt after World War I due to them having to pay all of the expenses but the Great Depression just brought that to new heights. Unemployment was already at one and half million when the depression started but within three years the unemployment rate jumped to around six million. The helpless, hopeless feeling of fear for their life and the future became a common feeling for the German people, but they were still looking for a way out. Their anger with their lifestyle turned political when the people begun to think a new government could possibly bring a better life. “Voters became increasingly disenchanted with the traditional parties,” (Ross 21). This lack of trust or belief in the original parties led people to something new and promising, the National Socialists Party, or the Nazis for short. Their leader, Adolf Hitler, appeared strong, passionate, and dedicated to the German people and promised everything they were hoping for, more jobs and the restoration of German national pride. The German people quickly went from unemployed, broke, and starving to having hope in a better future changing their economic deterioration to having their nation