The Underlying Causes of World War 2

The Underlying Causes of World War II
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Introduction
The world war two was caused by more subtle reasons that would be discussed in some plainly stated causes. However there are some chained events that played a great role in setting the war into motion.
Discussion
The main causes of the war can separated into two categories; that is the long term and the short term causes. Before 1860s, japan would not enter into contracts with the west. This was later on broken through restoring the relations and japan became a close ally of the British, during which time it declared war on the Germans. The first trigger of the Second World War was the fact that the Germans invaded Poland. The British and French strongholds were angered by the move and moved in to attack Germany. At the time of the First World War, Japan made sure that all the German establishments on its soil were seized. These sore relationships that dated back to the 17th century build up over time and in the end contributed heavily to the Second World War Hitler and majority of the Germans felt that the League of Nations did not have the ability to deal with the national international crisis and was also angered by the Treaty of Versailles. Given the weakness of the league, Hitler violated the treaty to the much he would get away with.as for japan, the relationship with the west worsened after their proposal to amend the racial and equality clause was rejected by the Brit...