The Hidden Causes That Sparked World War II 🌍

A detailed explanation of the causes of the Second World War.

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0:00 Intro
2:17 Wilson's New World
21:09 The Spread of Extremism
29:39 Fascism in Italy
36:53 Hitler Takes Germany
1:00:49 - Japan Takes Manchuria
1:10:20 - Italy Takes Ethiopia
1:19:47 - Germany Breaks the Treaty
1:26:07 - The Symbolism of the Spanish Civil War
1:29:17 - Japanese Militarism Spreads
1:31:43 - Last Steps Before War
1:48:57 - Conclusion

Sources:

Paris 1919 - Margaret MacMillan
A History of Political Theory - George Sabine
The Dark Valley - Piers Brendon
The Road to War - Richard Overy
Appeasement - Tim Bouverie
The Third Reich in Power - Richard Evans
Blood and Power - John Foot
The Rising Sun - John Toland
Adolf Hitler - John Toland
The Coming of the Third Reich - Richard Evans
The Spectre of War - Jonathan Haslam
The Moralist - Patricia O'Toole
The Age of Extremes - Eric Hobsbawm
The Deluge - Adam Tooze
Japan Prepares for Total War - Michael Banhart
Oxford's Fascism Reader - Ed. Roger Griffin
The Origins of the First and Second World Wars - Frank McDonough
The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered - Ed. Gordon Martel
Europe - Norman Davies
Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler
Hitler's Second Book - Adolf Hitler
Documents on Nazism - ed. Jeremy Noakes & Geoffrey Pridham
A History of the Twentieth Century - Martin Gilbert