The major causes of world war (II) include the unfairness of the treaty of Versailles, the drawbacks of the League of Nations, the worldwide economic depression that includes the Manchurian crisis and the ruling of Hitler of Nazi Germany alongside with Hitler's plans, the Munich agreement and Chamberlain's appeasement policy. ... The policy was based on the proposal that Germany had three major issues that needed to be resolved. ... The League of Nations was originally created to promote world peace but instead the malfunctions of the league were one of the major causes of world war...

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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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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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Wells, Sigmund Freaud, Andre Gide, Emile Zola and Marcel Provst were all banned on racial or political grounds, conversely Charles Darwin's theory of "survival of the fittest" was a major part of Nazi ideology. ...

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