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Almost every historian states that WWII was begun by Hitler on Sept. 1, 1939. I say Japan started WWII by their incursions into Manchuria and China in the 1930s

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Texasgurl

I would agree that Japan had their own agenda in that era, resources etc so that they would not be dependent on other nations. This was the depression era... I see the actions in the east and west as separate though merging throughout the tripartite agreement.

Germany was beaten down after WW1.
The debt and great depression served as a crushing load which allowed the cultural issues to fester.

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Texasgurl

2 million men dead..
who was working in the factories? Economic and cultural beat down...
Don’t parse words@Texasgurl

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Texasgurl

Point made....
With 2 million men dead...who was going to work the reparations off?
The Great Depression had a global impact.
What was the value of the Mark in that era?a beat down comes in many forms....ask the people who lost jobs and homes in 2008.@Razorback

deadgerbil · 26-30, M

I had a professor who suggested that WW2 can be viewed as starting in the 30's due to Japan. Makes sense imo.

Speedyman · 70-79, M

The origins of the Second World War can be traced back to the Treaty of to the Treaty of Versaille at the end of the First World War

CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F

@Speedyman
That's true. Woodrow Wilson was a catastrophe for western civilization

billybcgn25 · 70-79, M

@CookieLuvsBunny, and to the republic of America. He was the first Democratic Socialist... ;)

Allelse · 36-40, M

The thing about a world war is its a matter of who you ask. For the Chinese, well things began a little earlier.

unknownpoetx · 36-40, M

oh wow. you really need to go back to school

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MethDozer · M

Yeah, but that didn't really pull anyone else into it.

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