Question

HELP WITH WW1 AND WW2 Medallllll

Answer 1

Was World War II a continuation of World War I

Answer 2

Yes it was.
The main causes of World War II were nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues, and resentments resulting from World War I and the interwar period in Europe, in addition to the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s. Some people believe that the Versailles Treaty, drafted at the conclusion of the World War I, failed to set up the parameters which could have prevented the Second, causing the Second.Additionally, World War I lacked a decisive conclusion. The Germans had a difficult time accepting defeat, as well.

Many other issues played part as well, but those are the ones that are pro-yes.

If you want the pro-no approach, you can include that other issues could have caused WW2, including The Great Depression, Fascism in Italy, and Nazism.

Answer 3

thank you but where did u get this from

Answer 4

My Pleasure.

Answer 5

where did u get this from

Answer 6

@Nurali

Answer 7

~cite tour sources lol

Answer 8

A few historians have suggested that WW2 was a continuation of WW1, so Nurali's answer isn't off base.

As for why, just look at what the Versailles Treaty did to Germany. It blamed them for the war, made them pay for it which, in turn, led to massive inflation and drove their economy into the ground. Their army was reduced to only 100k soldiers, their navy was scuttled, France parked itself in the Rhineland, and the German empire ceased to exist. It could be argued that the Treaty was a catalyst for disaster.

Under those conditions, it's no wonder that a lot of Germans were extremely bitter after their defeat and one of the reasons why President Wilson tried to smooth over parts of the Treaty, but France in particular wouldn't have any of that. They wanted to humble Germany and they did it by humiliating them old school.

The German Empire was a superpower in Europe. Was. Imagine if the US was torn down in the same way. You'd need a wheelbarrow like the Germans to carry enough worthless money to the store for a loaf of bread in the first few years. That made it easy for demagogues like Hitler to take to the streets promising to solve everyone's problems, especially when they offered to create jobs to solve the huge unemployment issues (all of the "extra" soldiers over the Treaty limit had to go somewhere, often, into unemployment).

Let that boil over for a few years, couple that with a fragile Weimar Republic, get everyone's hopes up with some improvement, wreck them again with the Great Depression, add in the Nazis, and you've got a recipe for WW2. The years in between the wars were like hitting the pause button from that perspective.

If you really need a source, you can take a look at this one which covers the Weimar Republic and the attempts it made to stabilize Germany (as well as what it suffered after its defeat in WW1):
http://weimar.facinghistory.org/