The growing tension of the intense political atmosphere that formed during the post World War I years was a major cause of World War II that could have been altered to avoid the second

The Second World War might have been avoided if the leaders had addressed the social conditions that arose in Germany as a result of the First World War. At the conclusion of World War I, the German people resented that they were blamed entirely for the war and were required by the Treaty of Versailles to pay for the war effort. They were stripped of their pride and honor. Furthermore, within Germany, that resentment was focused on foreign nations and "outsiders" within Germany who were blamed for the defeat. The German unrest was intensified by the terms of the Treaty that required the German nation to surrender claim to various lands, which Germany believed to be part of its nation. The loss of the Sudetanland Territory was a particular blow to German pride, as close to 3 million Germans resided there, and the Germans believed that this was unquestionably a part of their nation. Because of these feelings that the territories rightfully belonged to them, Germany took the offensive, violently in gaining back the territories they had lost at the close of World War I. If the Treaty of Versailles had been fairer to the Germans, and had not stripped away such a large amount of its territories, perhaps Germany would not have started to try to take over neighboring countries. Within Germany, this sense of resentment and the loss of national territories led to the strong nationalistic party that was based on hatred of foreigners who had led to the German disgrace. Adolph Hitler, whose book Mein Kampf, talked about restoring German pride and supremacy, captured this nationalistic sense. World leaders could have addressed this growing social resentment and discontent in Germany by treating the German people and government as equal participants in the First World War, not as the sole cause of that War.

Could World War Two have been avoided, given the political, economic, and social conditions that were caused by World War One? Unquestionably, these conditions made the outbreak of the Second World War likely. However, if world leaders had diligently fought for peace and addressed those conditions, World War II could have been avoided completely. The other countries ignored the German political offensive moves, encouraging them to continue. After World War One, the victorious Allied forces sought to punish the defeated German by

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