SAQ Causes of WWII

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Here was the first major post-war problem: Germany had lost the First World War, but large and important sections of post-war Germany did not accept that defeat and the peace settlement which followed it as a fair or final outcome. No German government in the 1920's could readily agree to allied treaty demands without incurring widespread public hostility. Enduring nationalist themes included "the shame of Versailles", the "war guilt lie", and "the November criminals." These were alleged to have "stabbed Germany in the back" by fermenting demonstrations and strikes in German industrial areas, thus preventing her army from winning the glorious victory so nearly within its grasp. The Social Democratic Party, which shouldered the responsibility of signing the peace diktat and which tried to advocate some measure of compliance with its terms, lost electoral support as a result... It is significant that the new states of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania were referred to in Germany as Saisonsstaaten - states born to die within a single season: annuals rather than perennials like Germany or France.

Ruth Henig. The Origins of the Second World War, pages 4-5, (1985).

Question 1

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Identify ONE piece of SPECIFIC historical evidence from the document that would support a historian's claim that World War Two was caused by unresolved tensions from World War One.

Question 2

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Describe ONE piece of SPECIFIC historical evidence from beyond the document that would support a historian's claim that World War Two was caused by unresolved tensions from World War One.

Question 3

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Describe ONE piece of SPECIFIC historical evidence from beyond the document that would NOT support a historian's claim that World War Two was caused by unresolved tensions from World War One.

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