The root cause of the outbreak of World War II was the economic crisis. The crisis caused countries to seek to pass on the crisis, seize resources and markets, and Germany, due to the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, was unable to develop its armaments normally, and had no colonies to rely on, and the domestic economic situation deteriorated. Against this backdrop, the contradictions between countries intensified, which eventually led to the outbreak of a global war.
1. It is the imbalance in the political and economic development of capitalism.
Economically, Germany took advantage of the contradictions between Britain and France and the economic aid of the United States after World War I to overtake Britain and France again. At the same time, Japan took advantage of the post-war gains gained in the Asia-Pacific region to rise rapidly.
Politically, Germany and Japan retained their militaristic traditions and established fascist regimes in the midst of the great economic crisisThe United Kingdom, France, and the United States continue to develop democratic politics. The imbalance in political and economic development has changed the balance of power between countries and intensified the contradictions between countries. The development of the imperialist powers requires a redivision of the world according to the new powers.
2. The influence of the Versailles-Washington system.
The Versailles-Washington system obscured the contradictions between the victorious and the defeated. The punitive provisions of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany led to the prevalence of revanchism in Germany;France and Italy were dissatisfied with the fact that Britain and France had not fulfilled their pre-war commitments;And the Washington system keeps Japan under pressure on military and Chinese issues. Therefore, Germany, Italy and Japan are all desperate to break this system.
3. It was a sudden economic crisis that changed the pattern.
As the Great Economic Crisis of 1929 triggered a political crisis in various countries, countries resorted to ** wars to try to get out of their economic difficulties. Germany, Italy and Japan could not get out of the crisis by adjusting their economic policies, so they had to find other ways to deal with it. In the end, Germany, Italy, and Japan chose to establish a fascist regime for external expansion, forming the root cause of the Eurasian war.