Question

how did the world war I peace settlement help cause world war II?

Answer 1

world war two started when germany invaded poland!

Answer 2

and world war 1 did not really end

Answer 3

It was the circumstance surrounding the World War 1 Peace Settlement that cause Germany to wage a second world war. Thus, allowing Adolf Hitler to proceed with the German people to conduct such a war.

Answer 4

The brutal terms of the Treaty of Versailles humiliated Germany - it was blamed for the war, had to pay crippling war reparations, had its army and navy neutered, etc.. It planted the seeds that would lead to WW2 and some historians have even commented on saying that WW1 and WW2 are actually the same war -- the period between the two was just a "quiet" time in getting ready for the next phase.