WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these was a primary reason German and Japan expanded their boundaries in the years prior to World War II?
A
They feared their neighbors would invade them first
B
They wanted access to more raw goods and natural resources
C
They each had leaders who were assassinated by their enemies
D
They wanted to get back at the United States for invading them in World War I
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The previous spring Japan in fact had almost experienced a military coup. As he mulled it over, Hitler envisaged an alliance with Tokyo primarily for what it meant in the struggle against “Jewish” Bolshevism. This was to be a pact emphatically denouncing Marxist revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hitler’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, marking the beginning of World War II. Over the next six years, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the globe than any previous war.

Detailed explanation-3: -The immediate precipitating event was the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939, and the subsequent declarations of war on Germany made by Britain and France, but many other prior events have been suggested as ultimate causes.

Detailed explanation-4: -However, WW1 created several consequences which led to a second World War: New states in Eastern Europe who were weak and ripe for the taking by Hitler. A devastated Germany and France appeased Hitler to prevent another war. U.S. policy of isolationism to avoid being drawn into another European conflict.

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