How World War 2 Began

A detailed explanation of the causes of the Second World War. This channel is funded through member support. If you want to support me and help the channel grow, you can sign up for my members program on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6FO-Up1-oLj5nNivCNHL-Q/join Or support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rchapman Both places give you access to private, more casual videos I make between the main uploads on this channel. Also if you'd like, you can connect and talk with me here: https://www.instagram.com/realryanchapman/ Listen to this episode on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/4sPL5gFpmQC8FTK86V3VfP?si=-ROfIfjRRCC6mJ_ZWPoCIw 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