World War II :: World War II History

founding War IIThe pact of Versailles faltered to heal the bitter mess that formed between countries in World War I. It left Germany in a terrible position and gave them a desire for dictatorship. Germany had been ordered to disarm its military and put strict rules on when and how the Germans could rearm. In 1931, Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. He later rejected the accordance and establish military conscription. Mussolini also became dictator of Italy, while this was occurring. He heady to invade Ethiopia in 1935. Since Ethiopia had lesser power than that of Italys, they became under complete Italian control. The news of Germanys rearmament soon reached France. Hitler whence became interested in joining the sodality of Soviet Socialist Republics in order to protect its security. He then pushed his plan for lebensraum and annexed Austria by force in 1938. Following this, Hitler jeopardise Czechoslovakia, ordering persecution of the German minorities there. Hitler and M ussolini agreed to the Germans occupation of Sudentenland in September 1938. past in March 1939, peace broke down when Hitler conquered the rest of Czechoslovakia. He soon after state of ward started to make orders to Poland, but they resisted at every turn. thus far the conflict with Britain and France, Hitler decided to invade Poland. In return, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. Hitler made an announcement to start a pact with the Soviet Union. As the Germans occupied Poland, the Soviets invaded the eastern part of the orbit with plans to take Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania in 1940. They also took Finland in 1941 and disgrace the Russian military. lacquer was also changing things in the Pacific. They had plans to conquer China and expand the Japanese Empire into southeast Asia. As this was happening, the Germans took on an approach of blitzkrieg, or lighten war. Since the Germans had no old weapons to deal with, they could easily outfit t heir troops with the better(p) of weapons. Hitler then attempted to gain air control over the British Royal Air Force and prepare for an invasion, but the British successfully defeated the German air forces. Over rancid with his downfall to take Britain, Hitler turned to the Soviet front, but was defeated as well in 1942. In 1941, the Japanese thought it was the right time to expand into Greater eastbound Asia. The attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines brought the United States into the war and turned the war for the Allies.