How World War 2 Began

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A detailed explanation of the causes of the Second World War. This video isn’t sponsored. If you want to support me, here are the best ways to do it: 1) Watch the whole video 2) Share it with a friend 3) Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rchapman If you're interested, I create more casual videos for Patreon and for people signed up to my YouTube membership program. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6FO-Up1-oLj5nNivCNHL-Q/join Listen to this episode on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/4sPL5gFpmQC8FTK86V3VfP?si=-ROfIfjRRCC6mJ_ZWPoCIw Talk to me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/realryanchapman/ 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