Question

Was World War ll a continuation of World War l ? Explain .

Answer 1

Out of all causes of World War II, the desire of Adolf Hitler, in control of Nazi Germany, ... supporters hoped to unite the German people under one nation state, which ... Finland was drawn into what was called the Continuation War to regain what it had lost. ..... ("primacy of foreign politics) usually used to explain World War II.

Answer 2

World War I can be seen as newer nations wanting empire and old empires crumbling. Germany and Italy unified as nations later than other European powers.
England, France, Spain, Belquim and the Dutch all had been colonising and extending empire for a few centuries.
So Germany going after the small countries like Luxemborg at the start of WWI is an example of the quest for empire. The goal there was France and all the French empire.
Russia and the Ottomans went the other way. Their particapation in WWI led to revolution and the end of empire.
When they all got tired of fighting and blamed the whole thing on Germany, it gave everybody a chance to rearm and rest up. A world wide economic depression got everybody thinking about somebody to blame.
The empire desires were still there. Add Japan's desire for empire to Germany and Italy and you get the same reasons for WWI. The quest for empire hadn't gone away.

Russia had reinvented itself as the Soviet Union. Russia's goal for expansion is always the same. They need warm water ports. So they were a natural fit to oppose Japan and Germany who both threatened that goal.

Germany had the same goals as WWI, Hitler used the Jews to scapegoat to get public opinion whipped up and went crazy with that hatred. But they went after the same targets as before. They got more of France. They got the steel making resources of the Ruhr valley and gave Britain a hard time while trying to cut into their empire.

Empire building and busting is the theme of both WWI and WWII

Answer 3

In a way, WW1 planted the seeds for WW2 with the Treaty of Versailles blaming Germany for the war and damaging its economy.

It was an international shaming of the country and it created a lot of bitterness over the years that expressed itself in the extreme politics of the many groups that vied for power afterwards in the government such as the Nazi party.

Hitler became a spokesperson funneling all of that anger and hatred along with promises of returning Germany to greatness and when the Great Depression delivered another blow to the fragile economy and its businesses, it was too much for the Weimar Republic to deal with effectively.

Answer 4

Yeah, what they said.. I was going to say that.