Germany was the main defeated nation of the First World War. Because of this loss the Treaty of Versailles was imposed. This treaty put heavy burdens on Germany; it lost all of its colonies and had to repay a huge sum of money to the Allies. This was nearly impossible Germany had lost the war the economy was in a state of depression from fighting the war. Although they had just adopted democracy, this could do little during this state of depression. Hitler was brought into power because the people of Germany felt desperate to get out of their rut.

Believe it or not The League of Nations also contributed to the war. The point of the League of Nations was to prevent any future wars from occurring. The great flaw in this plan was that the League had no way of enforcing its decisions. Without any military might to back it up all that the League could do was ask pol

Canadians were so busy defending the easy they had almost forgot about the west. The main Canadian action in the west was sending reinforcements to the garrison at Hong Kong. This did not turn out to well the Canadians were outnumbered and were forced to surrender. Of the 1975 Canadians that landed only 1418 survived the Japanese prison camps.

Because of the great need for munitions and supplies by the allies, Canada's industry and economy grew quickly. The younger generation of conservatives had new ideas such as commitment to full employment, free collective bargaining by unions and low-cost housing. The Progressive Conservative party was formed. New social reforms were promised by Prime Minister King, know as "A New Social Order." . This got King and the Liberals re-elected after the war. This was the first time that the same party had survived a war and been re-elected (Morton 1988).

Originally Mackenzie King's planned for Canada to have little involvement Canada was to be "an arsenal of democracy". He wanted Canada's main role to be to expand its industry to provide munitions and supplies to allied countries in Europe. These hopes were destroyed when France fell to German military leaving Britain alone in Europe to fight the enemy. Britain had also run out of money and needed loans fr

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