If World War I was like a group fight of hooligans, then World War II was a chaotic war of uneven spoils.
As for Germany and Japan, which provoked the war, there are only three words: unfair!The Versailles and Washington systems established after World War I became the source of grievances between these two countries.
After the First World War, the Paris Peace Conference was held, and the agenda of the peace conference was only one item, to bring together these thorns of the Allies, who let them be defeated.
These giants of the victorious countries sent representatives to the peace conference, including China, and the Beiyang warlords sent hundreds of thousands of laborers to the European theater during World War I, laying a solid foundation for the victory of the Allies in World War I.
Why?World War I was a world of trench warfare, there was no skirmisher line, and there was no charge, basically two groups of people squatting in the trench across an open space to shoot at each other, comparing whose marksmanship was better.
The problem is that the balance of victory in the war is often tilted in favor of the side that digs the trenches well and quickly, and hundreds of thousands of Chinese laborers are scattered on the battlefield, and the trenches are dug deep and strong, so that the Entente can win the First World War, and China is absolutely indispensable.
To get back to the point, who is the main target of the Paris Peace Conference?Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were already in tatters before the fight was over, and there was only one Germany left to poke there, who would it not deal with him?
At that time, there were a total of five countries occupying the main position, namely Britain, France, the United States, Japan and Italy, Japan was far away, but it didn't matter, the United States and Britain wore a pair of pants, basically there was no dispute, the problem was in Britain and France, Germany and France were feuding, according to France's heart, I wanted to crush Germany into slag, so that he could restore Napoleon's position as the first in the world of the French Army, and since then he has been proud of the European continent.
Britain was not happy at first glance, Britain is a traditional maritime country, and it was not too interested in the affairs of the mainland, but when it turned around, once there was no Germany to contain France, then his family would not be going to do things.
A few days before the peace conference began, Britain and France were pinched together, and before the two of them could finish pinching, Britain wanted to encompass Germany's overseas colonies, which annoyed the United States and Japan.
Originally, Japan wanted to swallow Germany's colonies in the Far East and the Pacific, but when they saw the excitement of the British and French fights, they were embarrassed to say that they didn't expect Britain to be too shameless and wanted to pack up the colonies and take them away.
As a result of this disturbance, the Paris Peace Conference became a meeting place for a group of old rural ladies to quarrel, and the quarrel was noisy until June 28, when the quarrel lasted for more than five months, and finally a result came out, and Germany divided 1 8 of the territory, together with 1 10 of the population, to give Poland a restoration.
All the overseas colonies were divided, Japan also got Qingdao as it wished, the air force and navy were all dismantled, leaving 100,000 troops is a meaning, and Austria can never form an alliance, set up a demilitarized zone on the Rhine River on the Franco-German border, no one is allowed to station, in return, France displayed hundreds of thousands of troops on the other side of the Rhine, nominally to protect Germany's security, in fact, to find an opportunity to enter the army directly, directly to Germany to destroy the country.
Not to mention losing money, 130 billion gold marks, it doesn't matter if you don't have money, you lose as much as you want, and the rest will be used to pay off debts.
At this moment, almost all the family resources in Germany have been swept away, and even the domestic railroad tracks have been dismantled. Originally, Germany was embarrassed to lose the first war, and the front line fought very well, almost destroying France, but I didn't expect the Weimar Republic, which was controlled by the Jews behind it, to be stabbed with a black knife, and surrendered in a daze.
I was already unconvinced, but I didn't have anything left, how uncomfortable it must be, the most important thing was to cut off one-eighth of the territory and it was over, and an almost complete Great Germany was retained, which also laid a huge hidden danger for the start of normal battles in the future.
These conditions amounted to turning Germany directly from a strong country into a weak chicken, making the Germans feel great humiliation and anger. The Germans thought to themselves, I just fought a war and lost, why should I suffer so much?
Besides, it's all imperialism playing carve-up, no one should stand on the moral high ground, I lost this time, won't I just win next time?You took a lot of money and things from me, but you can't take what is in my head.
Before World War II, basically the Nobel Prize winners were concentrated in the Jewish people, but at that time, Germany had not yet begun to clean up the Jews, most of the Jews lived in Germany, and 70% of the Nobel Prizes were occupied by the Germans, which is why Germany had so many military black technologies during World War II.
You only left me 100,000 troops, and you didn't let me have an air force and navy, so I will be flexible, the Germans waved their hands, and the army was completely abolished, but the remaining 100,000 troops were all officers, at least all sergeant majors, and the army that has always been completely composed of officers, you say horror and horror, this is equivalent to 100,000 teaching corps, once the war starts, at least one belt and ten, it can become a million male divisions in an instant.
You didn't let me have an air force, so I started an aviation club to train pilots with gliders, and there were dozens of such clubs across the country, all with a unified logo and **, and when the war began, I turned these clubs into the Air Force General Headquarters.
Therefore, the Versailles system was a strategic mistake, which gave the hungry wolf of Germany a 20-year rest.
Let's talk about the Washington system, which was a post-World War I naval disarmament conference, led by the United States, and invited the world's major naval powers at that time, Britain, France, Italy, and Japan.
The purpose of the conference is very simple: after cleaning up the giant Germany in Europe, the only thing left in the world for the great powers to carve up is China in the East, but Japan is the first to get the moon near the water, not to mention close, and it has also taken the lead in becoming an industrial country, which is obviously not in line with the interests of other powers, and the spearhead of the conference is obvious, and it is aimed directly at Japan!
Japan became the second country to be targeted by the great powers, and the outcome of the conference was to demand that Japan renounce its monopoly on China, agree to the Nine-Power Pact, recognize China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, guarantee China's open-door policy, and not interfere in China's internal affairs.
On the surface, he was very polite to China, almost completely overturned the "21 Articles" that Japan had tried so hard to get China to sign, and demanded that Japan dissolve its military alliance with Britain and form a four-nation treaty with the United States, France, and Italy instead, so as to jointly maintain peace and stability in the Pacific.
Do you think he is capable in Japan?It's just that the situation is stronger than people, so I have to bow my head!However, a later move hit Japan's reverse scale, requiring Japan to accept the limit of naval ratio, stipulating that the naval ratio of Britain and the United States was 5:5, Japan was 3, and France and Italy were 15. You must know that Japan is an island country, Britain is an old maritime country, accounting for a 50% proportion is reasonable, the United States is a real continental country, why is it the same as Britain.
These conditions made the Japanese feel very dissatisfied and unfair, they felt that they were a first-class power, why should they be subject to so many restrictions and containment?
The Japanese thought that it was through my own efforts and wars that I had risen to prominence in Asia and the Pacific, especially since I defeated Russia and became the first yellow nation in the world to defeat a white country.
During the Russo-Japanese War, Japan and Britain formed a strategic alliance in order to contain Tsarist Russia, and the British also provided me with a loan of 1 billion pounds.
In Japan's eyes, the dream of co-prosperity in Greater East Asia, which has been planned for a hundred years, is about to come true, and a paper treaty has made everything come to naught!This is blatant bullying me, how can I endure such an insult?Therefore, the matter of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, except that the United States had no way to force Japan with the embargo against Japan, had already laid the root of the bane when Washington was in power.
These two systems were the triggers of World War II, which gave Germany and Japan a strong desire for revenge and expansion, and led them to the path of fascism and the enemy of the world. By 1929, the world economic crisis had erupted, which gave fascist countries such as Germany, Japan and Italy the opportunity to come to power.
They all use nationalist and militaristic ideas to arouse the enthusiasm and support of the people, and at the same time provoke contradictions and hatred between ethnic groups. Not satisfied with their own land and resources, they began to invade and expand abroad.
Hitler in Germany was a man of the best who wanted to restore the glory of Germany and build a thousand-year-old Third Reich. He did not abide by the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, began a large-scale arms race, expanded the army, air force and navy, and also developed new types of **, such as tanks, submarines, missiles and rockets.
He also began the annexation of Europe, first with Austria, then with the occupation of the Sudean region of Czechoslovakia, and finally with a full-scale invasion of Poland. He also formed an alliance with Italy and Japan to fight against the allies of Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union. His strategy was to defeat France on the western front, then turn to the Soviet Union on the eastern front, and finally divide Asia and the Pacific with Japan.
Blitzkrieg with mechanized forces and air power to quickly break through the enemy's defenses, quickly occupy the enemy's territory and not give the enemy a chance to breathe.
The Japanese militarists were also a group of fanatical aggressors who worshipped the emperor and considered themselves God's people with a mission to rule Asia.
Dissatisfied with the restrictions of the Washington system, they began their aggression against China, and also launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, which caused the United States to enter the war.
Mussolini of Italy was also a fascist leader who wanted to restore the glory of the Roman Empire and create a new one. He also began his expansion, first by invading Ethiopia, then by occupying Albania, and finally by participating in wars against Spain, France, and Greece.
From a geographical point of view, the strategic goals of the three fascist countries are not in conflict, Japan wants to dominate the Asian and Pacific regions, Germany and other ambitions are directly aimed at the vast European continent and the Far East, and Italy has to seize the whole of Africa with one mind.
An alliance with no mutual interests is the most stable, which is the basis for the formation of the first axis. The three fascist countries became the main aggressors of World War II, and for their own interests and ambitions, they launched a global war, bringing endless suffering and disasters to the world.