Someone once said that World War II was a continuation of World War I, in fact. After the end of the First World War, the contradictions between the old European powers were not only unresolved, but also intensified. As we all know, Germany, as a defeated country in World War I, signed the Treaty of Versailles after World War I, this paper peace treaty limited Germany's strength to death, not only the German army was directly abolished, but also stipulated that Germany must repay a large amount of war reparations, and finally France directly took the German Ruhr industrial zone for itself, further intensifying the contradiction, at that time even Lenin said: "This is a ripping of Germany. ”
The Treaty of Versailles not only limited the number and equipment of the German army, but also forcibly designated the Rhine region as a demilitarized zone, as long as the French were willing, Germany always opened its doors to the invaders, this series of restrictions made Germany's revenge serious, the then Marshal of the Three Kingdoms Ferdinand Foch believed that German discontent would be the trigger for the next war, and there were prophecies at the time that this was not actually peace, but a twenty-year truce. Sadly, the prophecy was fulfilled, and exactly 20 years after the Treaty of Versailles was signed, World War II broke out.
Another reason why the Germans fought in World War II was that Germany was not satisfied with the defeat in World War I. Although in world war I, Germany was anxious to surrender due to the collapse of the domestic economy, the situation was turbulent, and the resources were depleted. But the Young Zhuang officers obviously didn't think so, and they only saw the situation on the battlefield. In fact, the German army and the Allies can also be regarded as a mutual victory and defeat, the German navy performed well in the Battle of Jutland, the German army also won the war on the Eastern Front, and then, because Tsarist Russia no longer existed, the German army on the Eastern Front could also move to the Western Front to fight, under the situation at that time, the German army did not lose the initiative, so the young soldiers at that time felt that the politicians had betrayed them, they could have won the war, and Hitler was wounded on the battlefield of The First World War, so he was still grumpy about the defeat in the First World War.
After Hitler came to power, he implemented a series of economic policies that improved the economic situation in Germany and the unemployment rate fell, but after the First World War, the German economy collapsed, and the only way to stimulate the economy quickly at that time was to provoke war, which was the most radical means, and of course the most extreme means. And at that time, the Axis powers had a similarity, that is, economic development could not keep up with military development, germany, Italy and Japan at that time, with world-class navies, air forces, etc. (do not underestimate Italy, the Italian air force before World War II was even stronger than Britain and France), and the army was not productive, and if you want to convert military strength into economic benefits, there is only one way to invade.
Therefore, it was almost inevitable that Germany would launch World War II, and if Germany did not launch World War II at that time, they would have lived in the shadow of the Treaty of Versailles, and the gap between Germany and the old Western powers would become wider and wider. However, I am not whitewashing the Nazis, the Nazis and Hitler themselves committed countless war atrocities in World War II, which cannot be shirked, but the reason why Germany launched a war of aggression has a very close relationship with the exploitation of Germany by various countries after World War I, and Germany's blind appeasement policy at the beginning of World War II against Poland, the Czech Republic and other countries completely intensified this beast, making Germany turn the world upside down in Europe.