Part 1 of Essay
At daybreak on the first day of September, 1939, the residents of Poland awakened to grave news. A juggernaut force of tanks, guns, and countless grey-clad soldiers from nearby Germany had torn across the countryside and were making a total invasion of the Pole’s homelands. Germany’s actions on that fateful morning ignit ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... and Italy into a powerful force that stretched halfway around the planet.The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 held Germany fully accountable for the tragedy of World War I. The nation was stripped of large areas of land, it’s armaments, as well as it’s dignity. In addition, the reparations that were to be paid to the allied nations virtually destroyed the economy of Germany.The resentment of the treaty burned in the hearts and minds of Germans for years afterward. In 1933, a man by the name of Adolf Hitler was el ....