what is the immediate causefor second world war
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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.
[tex][/tex] What is the immediate cause for second world war or world war II?
Following were the immediate cause of the world war II
Germany invaded Poland in September 1939 to prevent an anti-German alliance and violate the Treaty of Versailles.
The Germans were unhappy with the treaty of Versailles as it has degraded their economy and military.
Japan began to grow their empire in order to gain new resources.
The Great Depression created unstable governments and worldwide turmoil that helped lead to World War II.
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.
The ‘immediate’ causes of the Second World War were the German invasion of Poland in 1939, followed by the rejection of the British and French demand for German withdrawl from Poland. Germany rejected this demand, which led to the declaration of war by Britain and France on Germany.
Italy declared war on France and Britain in 1940 during the collapse of the French armies during the Battle of France. There was no act by the Allied powers that caused this, rather Mussolini (the fascist leader of Italy) felt like the war was about to end in favor of Germany, and he wanted Italy to have ‘a seat’ at the peace table. The only way he felt he could arrange this is by joining Germany in her war against the Allied powers.
The Soviet Union entered the war against Germany in 1941 when the German army crossed the Soviet frontier and attacked the Soviet Union. Italy declared war on the Soviet Union shortly afterwards as, at this point, she was attached to Germany ‘sink or swim’.
The ‘immediate’ cause of the Japanese entry into the Second World War was the embargo of oil and steel placed on Japan by the United States in late 1941. This caused the Japanese to attack the United States, as well as attack British, French, and Dutch territorial possessions in Asia and the Pacific in December of 1941.
The attack by the Japan on Pearl Harbor caused the American declaration of war against Japan. Germany, declared war on the United States following this, which led to the American declaration of war against Germany.
Those are the ‘immediate’ causes of war during the Second World War for the ‘major’ powers.
Now if you want the true geopolitical, ideological, and economic causes of the wars, those are entirely different questions, which would take a lot more space to answer; however, that is not what you asked for. :) The ‘immediate’ cause is always going to be the last ‘act’ by one of the belligerents that led to a declaration of war (in most cases) or armed conflict in many contemporary cases.