World War 1 Domino Effects

When World War One began, many different events led to the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty is what was supposed to solve the problems of the First War. It only put the war on pause, however, and never really solved its underlying problems. It is impossible to view the period of 1914-1945 as two separate conflicts. The conflict that was supposed to have been solved by the Treaty of Versailles from World War One, actually helped cause a second set of problems in World War Two. Therefore, it is often accurately called Europe’s Second Thirty Years War.

The domino effect that caused the first world war, started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, on June 14, 1914. This was the spark that began the greatest war in human

At that time, the Allied powers gave the Germans no choice, but to leave France and go back to Germany. On November 11, 1918, Germany surrendered by requesting for both sides to cease fighting, while a peace Treaty was agreed upon. The Allied powers agreed to this, and on November 11, 1918 the fighting stopped. The peace Treaty that was supposed to stop the fighting permanently, only made everything

When inflation in a country occurs, the value of money goes down causing an economic depression. The inflation caused by the Treaty was going on for more than 10 years already. Therefore, the German people’s nationalism has been plummeting in recent years and the people who lived there were ashamed to be German. When the Nazis began blaming the government for the country's problems, they saw the opportunity to gain power. The German’s loved the Nazi’s because they were sick of Weimar Republic. The Weimar Republic was the weak government that followed the Treaty. Therefore, the German were looking for an improvement in their government. Hitler and the Nazis started winning multiple elections and in January four years later, Hitler became German Chancellor. Later that year, the Nazis opened their first concentration camp in Dachau, Germany, where he imprisoned and killed people who he felt didn’t have the appropriate qualities Hitler envisioned for the new Germany. The people at these camps included Jews, Gypsies and many