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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.after WW1 germany was left bitter & crippled with war reparations at the trreaty of versailles & as quite rightly mentioned had various territories ceded away, danzig, alsace etc. this created the oxygen neccessary to fuel radical politics such as communism & fascism in germany in the 20's & 30's, who were resentful of versailles & the initial 'weimar republic' set up by the allies soon crumbled, following a series of attempted coups from various extremist groups. hitler forced his way into power, followed expansionist, millitaristic policies, openly stated he would annex all of eastern europe & create a 1000 year reich. he invaded poland, japan followed a similar policy in the far east -wanting to reclaim territory from china, britain & the usa- & formed the axis alliance with germany & italy, and so the war started officially. although the yanks buried their head in the sand for another 3 years.
World war two was really two separate wars, tied together by America's involvement in 1941. On the one hand you had the war in asia where japan invaded china in 1937, and on the other you had the european war that started when britain and france declared war on germany because of germany's invasion of poland in september 1939. what made these two separate wars into a truly world war was japans attack on pearl harbour on 7 dec 1941. America declared war on japan, and germany ( thinking she had a great ally in Japan) declared war on America. That tied the two separate wars together! From our point of view (British) the war started on september 3 1939, but ask a Japanese or an American and you may have a different answer!