... took place in Versailles, France. The major three countries that made the decisions on the terms of the treaty were France, the United States, and Britain. The major terms of the Treaty of Versailles were that Germany must give up or destroy all of its weapons, make payments to ... time recovering after the war. The German military was affected by this treaty because they had limitations on the amount of soldiers they could have, and the fact that they were not allowed to have any submarines, aircraft, or heavy weaponry. Also, Germany had to admit that they were totally ... to blame fo...

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• Grade Level: High School

... in 1939 and began one of the bloodiest and most costly wars ever. WWII was a direct result of WWI and the vents that followed because of it. WWI crippled European nations. Many countries, seriously in debt, began to print more and more money causing it to be worth nothing. In 1929 the Stock Market crashed and the whole world was led into the Great Depression. Even the ... wealthiest nations like the United States were broke and stable governments became increasingly difficult to maintain. This opened doors for violent Nationalists ... and ambitious dictators that promised to change thi...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the amount of strength needed to rebuild after the war. However, after the stock market crash and the Great Depression, Hitler had a wide spread popularity in Germany. They thought Hitler would be a responsible leader. Both Mussolini and Hitler hated the Communists. Propaganda was a big tool for convincing the people in Italy and Germany that the government ideas were the best. They also burned books to control ... the amount of knowledge being passed to the people. Without any new type of knowledge, the people could only learn about Nazi ideology in Germany and Fascist ideology in Ital...

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• Grade Level: High School

... until economic conditions worsened to propel his Nazi agenda. In 1929 Hitler finally got his chance, the American stock market crash of 1929 affected nearly every nation in the world and German prosperity soon came to an end as a result of the Great Depression, vast unemployment and hunger that followed. President Hindenburg's Weimar Republic soon found itself obligated to repay debts owed to countries ... that once provided assistance during times of prosperity. Discontented German people wanted change and Bruening (Chancellor) believed that a stable parliament majority for his party co...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate