Germany started World War 2 due to the following factors:
- The economic hardship that Germany suffered in the wake of World War I prompted its people to look towards a leadership that would end its woes by whatever means necessary. That leadership would be the Nazis under Adolf Hitler.
- Adolf Hitler extolled the German people to believe that they were the ‘master race’ and thus entitled to ‘lebensraum’ – living space. To acquire this living space, they would have to wage war on their neighbors.
- Hitler also wanted to avenge the humiliation of the Versailles Treaty which had pushed. Germany to the brink of collapse due to the hard sanction it placed on the country.
For further reading check the following articles:
|
Related Links |
|
|
NCERT notes for History (Modern, Medieval, Ancient), Art and Culture, and Geography |
|
Comments