Aftermath of World War I
World War II is generally viewed as having its roots in the aftermath of the First World War. In that war, the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm II, with its allies, were defeated, chiefly by the United Kingdom, Canada, United States, France, and Japan.
The victors directly blamed Germany for the war; it was Germany that effectively started the war with an attack on France through Belgium. France had in 1871 suffered a defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, and demanded compensation for its financial devastation during the First World War, which ensured that the various peace treaties, specifically the Treaty of Versailles imposed tough financial war reparations and restrictions on Germany in the Aftermath of World War I. The British naval blockade of Germany was not lifted until the treaty was signed at the end of June 1919.
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