Finally the principal of international disarmament was the second major impact of The Wall Street Crash. ... Although the renunciation of expensive armaments made sense during the time of economic recession, there were a number of reasons for its failure: The original plan being each nation should submit its major offensive weapons to the League of Nations in order to provide a force to oppose aggression became unsuccessful when Germany demanded equal treatment with the allies on the question of armaments and withdrew from the conference. ... And the failure of a British plan to establish a co...

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Some of the major causes of the Second World War were: • Anger over the Versailles Treaty • The failure of peace efforts after World War I • The rise of Fascism • The goals of Hitler ANGER OVER THE VERSAILLES TREATY The Treaty of Versailles was enacted into history in June 1919 with Germany forced to accept sole responsibility for causing World War I. ... THE FAILURE OF PEACE EFFORTS AFTER WORLD WAR I The League of Nations was set up soon after the Treaty of Versailles and it was meant to keep peace within Europe. It had several problems from the start, nam...

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Wilson was trying to make a formula for an everlasting peace in Europe and create the League of Nations. ... Wilson was mostly interested in his fourteen points, as well as forming a League of Nations, he was prepared to give up ground on any issue as long as he got his two goals. . ... He had a complaint about almost every single clause, however the Allies refused to make any major changes and only a few minor ones. ... This includes some of their major industrial centers such as Alcace-Lorraine which produced much of Germanys iron ore. ...

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Nationalism, that originated from the success of German and Italian unification, can be seen as a major contribution to the outbreak of WWI in the context of both long and short term causes. ... Nationalism was a major underlying cause purely because from this general sentiment developed so many attitudes and actions that many felt a solution of a practical nature was necessary. ... Before the outbreak of WWI the economic state of the countries involved was not major issues, Europe was booming in the post industrial revolution prosperity and reaping the benefits that her many empires granted h...

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Mussolini withdrew Italy from the League of Nations in December of 1937, just as Hitler had done with Germany after his election in March of 1933. Mussolini delayed the Grand Council's final decision to leave until the League formally placed economic sanctions on Italy as a result of the Italian invasion of Abyssinia. ... The meeting which pulled Italy from the League of Nations lasted a mere two minutes, and later when a tripartite pact against communism between Japan, Italy, and Germany was signed, Mussolini did not confer with the Grand Council at all. ... The Germans now were worried...

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Hitler Youth and League of German Maidens, BDM, were set up teach Nazi beliefs to young Germans and show them how to make Germany strong again. ... The League of Young Maidens (BDM) was the only female youth organization in Nazi Germany. ...

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Global Effects - WWI killed fewer victims than WWII; it destroyed fewer buildings and uprooted millions instead of tens of millions, but in many ways it left deeper scars than WWII, both on the minds of the people and on the map of Europe (it was the first major war)... - Last, but not least, both WWI and WWII resulted in the creation of international organizations aimed at helping keep the peace in the world, namely: the League of Nations, and the UN, respectively. ...

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His dream was to build a "new Germany" under his own leadership, to overturn the treaty of Versailles and to establish Germany as a major European power. ... This move had killed the Locarno treaties and further undermined the authority of the League of Nations. ... Overall, although Hitler did not bear sole responsibility, he has to take a major part of the blame. ...

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The Weimar Republic grew in strength because of many things: Gustav Stresemann was a major influence when the Weimar Republic was growing. ... Germany was accepted into the League of Nations in September 1926. ... This was a major success for the Weimar Republic and it gave the nation confidence in the government. ... This was a major reason why the nazi party appeared to have stagnated in the years 1924- 1929 because propaganda and Hitler's rallying speeches were very influential for the Nazi Party to gain votes. ...

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In light of the League's incapability, President Roosevelt and then Secretary of State Cordell Hull, invited the representatives of more than 30 nations and 39 private organizations to an international conference at Evian, to discuss the refugee problem. ...

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Hitler had dealt with two of the four major European powers, next in line were the Soviet Union and Great Britain. ... In April 1921, Hitler described the real problem confronting Germany as , "either one opted from winning farm land," and "realize this could only be achieved in league with England and against Russia. ...

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