Kevin Hokoana The seeds of WW2: What set the world on the path to world war two? ... The treaty was the cause of great resentment among Germans and made their ability to flourish and be part of a post war world impossible. ... The anger caused by casualties and loss of infrastructure Page 2 set the tone for what would be a treaty that would later help Hitler and his party wage world war two. ... At the end of the treaty, the Japanese were not appeased, later they would take by force what they couldn't accomplish at Versailles. ...
Although it is beyond the scope of this essay to provide a comprehensive list of factors which engendered the Second World War, an explanation of what the appeasement policy aspired to achieve is necessary. Embodied principally by the person of Neville Chamberlain, appeasement aims to fulfill German resentment towards the treaty of Versailles though the exercise of conciliation (McDonough, 2002). ...