From the historical point of view, the battlefields of World War II are almost all over the world, from the icy Arctic Circle to the arid and hot tropical desert have left traces of war, almost from land to sea to sky, and human beings who have entered industrialization have extended the tentacles of war to all aspects, calling it the largest war since the birth of mankind.
Of course, the sheer scale of the war also led to heavy casualties, and both the victorious Allies and the defeated Axis powers were exhausted by the exhaustion consumed by the war. So why are we experiencing such a large-scale war? Is there really no way to avoid World War II?
In fact, World War II could be avoided, but Britain and France, which dominated Europe, blindly wanted to avoid war, but eventually led the world into the quagmire of World War II.
If we sort out the process of the outbreak of World War II and the expansion of its scale, we will find that the reason why World War II was finally fought in such a vast land is closely related to the shadow of World War I. It can also be said that Britain and France plundered Germany too nakedly, which filled their people with unwillingness.
Therefore, World War II is actually a continuation of World War I, simply put, the defeated countries of World War I are unwilling and hope to regain lost benefits after recovering their strength.
You must know that Germany, as the source of the European battlefield, was very disappointed with the results of World War I, and ordinary people were even immersed in the joy of war Russia on the front foot, but learned that they would go to Paris for peace talks as a defeated country! Prior to this, Germany had withstood the enemy's attack on the Western Front, preventing the enemy from achieving a decisive victory.
As a result, ordinary Germans are full of unwillingness, and once they are used by people with intentions, they can set off huge waves. Of course, there was also the result of Britain and France retreating in the face of rearmed Germany, otherwise World War II would not have been such a large-scale war.
Because it is difficult to support such a huge war with Germany's industrial base alone, you know, Germany recruited and armed nearly 10 million troops in World War II, and the resources consumed by such a number of troops are far from what a German native industry can support.
As the victorious countries in World War I, Britain and France, although their own strength was weakened by the war, still had a decisive influence in international affairs. In the early years of World War II, in the face of Germany's territorial claims to foreign expansion in the Great Depression, Britain and France chose to sacrifice the interests of other countries in exchange for their own peace.
The reason for this is that the tragic casualties in World War I made Britain and France feel unhappy and did not want to experience such a war again. Therefore, the two countries tried their best to avoid conflict with Germany and maintain peace between everyone. When the Germans invaded Poland and led to the outbreak of World War II, further expansion could have been avoided if the British and French had acted quickly to win.
However, Britain and France did not choose this, but stuck to the frontier and sat and watched the war in the east.
Even after Britain and France declared war, World War II was not very large, and they had one last chance to stop the war from expanding: France refused to surrender and resisted to the end. However, the heavy casualties of World War I left the French with their hands raised, and the Europeans lost their last chance to stop the war from expanding.
With the surrender of France, the Germans completed the integration of several major industrial regions in Europe, and with a large amount of war resources, they set their sights on the Soviet Union, which had Eastern Europe, and the most tragic Eastern Front of World War II was about to begin.