It was a world war because it involved all the worlds superpowers and was fought throughout the world eg. Western and Eastern European theater, North African theater, Pacific theater etc.
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Hindsight can be wonderful but it can also distort. It's easy to assume that the whole interwar period in Germany was one vast buildup to World War 2, but this is very misleading. (This view...
Hitler believed they could win the war. so that is when he took control. he was confident and was building his army up and taking territory. when he invaded Poland Britain declared war
The Treaty of Versaiiles that the Germans signed at the end of World War 1 severely restricted them and cost them millions in funds for war reparations. The treaty restricted military build up and...