Question

1. Why did Germany and Japan place the blame on other countries for their economic downturns during the Great Depression?

2. How did this consequently lead to the Second World War?

Answer 1

1. Because the countries were already in debt, and they were relying to heavily on Japan and germany's reparations.

2. Hitler's invasion of Poland in Sep, 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, marking the beginning of WWII. Over the next 6 years, the conflict would take more live and destroy more land and property around the globe than any war.