In what way was World War 2 due to the failure of the victors of World War 1 being able to resolve the problems that had been generating in Europe from the 19century and earlier?

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In what way was World War 2 due to the failure of the victors of World War 1 being able to resolve the problems that had been generating in Europe from the 19century and earlier?

      The outbreak of World War 2 was a landmark in European history. It was featured by a vast destruction as compared to a pervious war in Europe. Different historians had made various efforts to explain the causes of it and they came up with different ideas. Some historians suggested that the causes of World War 2 were merely a revenge of Germany due to unequal treatment after World War 1, while others historians argued that the causes of it could be even traced back from 19th century. It is not surprisingly that from 19th century, Europe had generated some seeds, which the victors of World War 1failed to resolve, for World War 2. The staggering international crisis, which enslaved Europe for a century, created an enormous tension and fear. The existence of German problem further gave an account on the rise of Hitler. However, can the forces in 19th century be strong enough to cause a great war after a century? There must be some factors or environment within a short period of time, i.e. a several decades, at the same time happened to make the war possible.      

      It is suggested that Victors in World War 1 failed to handle German problem, so it led to rise of Hitler and ultimately World War 2. The German problem was introduced firstly by Friedrich Meinecke, a historian right after World War 2. He blamed the rise of Hitler was due to a series of German problem, fueled by a militaristic spirit, which originated from the late nineteenth century with Bismarck, then to Kaiser Wilhelm 2, to World War 1. From his arguments, the German problem was a prolonged trend which rooted from the birth of Germany, when Bismarck used “Blood and Iron” to unify Germany at the latter part of 19th century to militaristic Kaiser Wilhelm 2. The fault of the Victors in World War 1 was that they did not stop this trend by eradicating the militaristic spirit of German though education reform, instead they deliberately created an “implanted” democratic government, i.e. Weimar Republic, which was rather new concept to German. Apart from militaristic spirit, Richard J. Evans argued that “German had rejected democracy and human right, abased themselves before strong leaders, rejected the concept of the active citizen, and indulged in vague but dangerous dream of world domination.” K. Perry further suggested that “the constitution disguise the extent of Prussian domination which was to last until 1933” From these two analyses, we know that German politics after the unification was authoritarian in nature, which made democratic form of government unique, and so it was foredoomed to fail. Furthermore, German philosophy also had a long tradition of accepting blind obedience to their authority. Typical examples of German philosophers who had such an idea are Wagner, Nietzsche, Herder, etc. Thus, it was also, on the other hand, arduous for the German to accept democracy. Many German then regarded Weimar Republic as a period of political vacuum, and they trended to support a strong leader, i.e. Hitler, who started World War 2. The victors only realized that if Germany were democratized, war would be averted, but they did not realize the entire situation and tradition of Germany. Hence, it is the victors who are not capable of dealing with German problem started from unification that led to a rise of Hitler and eventually World War 2.  

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      Apart from a prolonged German problem which the victors failed to handed, the staggering international crisis and the failure of the victors in alleviating the tension stemmed from the international crisis generated fear among various nations. After German and Italian unification, a new phrase of European era was formed. It was suggested that startling imperialism of the Western powers and the nationalism in this new era were the driving force behind international conflicts toward 19th century and also 20th century. In 1875, nationalism in Eastern Europe caused by Bulgarian Crisis stroke “Eastern Question” and it entirely destroyed the relation ...

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