In 1939, British entered WW2. I have three reasons why did British Enter WW2. The first reason is that British and Poland had a Treaty. The second reason is that Japanese invaded Singapore which belonged to British. The third reason is that British economy was bad after WW1. The first reason why did British Enter WW2 is that British and Poland had a treaty. When Germany invaded Poland, British will help Poland and enter the war. This is important because after Germany invaded Poland, British entered the war. According to Ibiblio, “in the event of any action which clearly threatened Polish independence, and which the Polish Government accordingly considered it vital to resist with their national forces, His Majesty 's Government would feel …show more content…
According to History Today, “The island of Singapore at the foot of the Malay peninsula originally came under British control in 1819.”(Richard) The quote shows that Singapore was the colony of British that time, so there were some relationships between these two places. Next, according to BBC, “1922- Singapore becomes main British naval base in East Asia.” (BBC) It shows that Singapore was very important for British that time, if it is defeated, British may have big problems, so British needed to protect the colony. Then, according to National Archives, “The general feeling of security evident in Malaya at this time was based on view, expressed officially by specialists, that Japan was most likely to risk hostilities with Britain and USA.”(National Archives) The quote expresses that the invasion of Japan to Malaya caused the tension between British and Japan. Japan was announcing that it wanted to fight against British. These quotes explain that Singapore was very important to British, so if Singapore was invaded, British needed to take …show more content…
From National Archives, “During the First World War, Britain incurred debts equivalent to 136% of its gross national product, and its major creditor, the USA, began to emerge as the world 's strongest economy.”(National Archives) The quote says that British spend lots of money on the supplies during the war, then USA had the best economy in the world. According to Grunden, “Britain and France borrowed vast sums of money from the US government to finance their war.”(Grunden) The quote states that UK didn’t have enough money to pay, so it had to borrow money from USA. It shows that the economy of UK was bad after WW1. According to National Archives, “In the bulk of the pits in both distriots the work of pumping is being carried on by volunteers and naval ratings.”(National Archives) It shows that the government had no more money to pay for the workers, so the works were carried on by volunteers. These are important because they show that British borrowed money from other country to pay for the war, and it didn’t have enough money for the workers whose works were pumping. British needed to enter WW2 to gain more money to help its own economy. There are three reasons why did British entered WW2. British needed to help Poland fight against Germany because of the statement, it needed to protect its own colony which was Singapore, and its economy was bad after WW1, so it needed to gain more money