Q3. The official “start” of World War II was a build up of several causes and mounting tension between the European countries. Appeasement could be used to describe what was happening between Hitler and the League of Nations, specifically England and France. Hitler had gotten away with rebuilding his army, marching troops and weapons into the Rhineland, taking back the Sudetenland, and completely annexing Czechoslovakia. While all of this had occurred, the League of Nations simply responded by placing economic sanctions of Germany. These economic sanctions did nothing, it was a slight slap on the wrist when it came to Germany. Hitler proceeded along with his plans as he got ready to take over Poland, this is where the League of Nations had …show more content…
Although they had begun their mobilization of their troops, both countries were not excited at all to be back at war. During World War I, the young soldier marched off to war with excitement in their eyes, World War II, would be entirely different. After the major losses every country had experienced during World War I, nobody was driven to go back to war, especially the French. After the great losses the French had during the Battle of Verdun in World War I, they had lost all of their will to fight. They wanted absolutely no part in the war, they wanted nothing to do with the fighting. If they had the opportunity, they would have avoided it at all costs, if at all possible. After they had made their declaration of war against Germany, they had slowly began mobilization of their troops towards the border France and Germany shared. The French soldiers went to the Maginot Line, their underground military fortress which lined the French and German border. The French had constructed the Maginot Line shortly after World War I, as a defense mechanism. It was used as their protection in case Germany ever would attack again. The French took up camp there as they wanted for the German troops to come to