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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 2 By the end of WWI Europe was very bad economically and it was also politically divided, having the possibility of social revolution. The unfair treaties signed after the war and the incompetence of the League of Nations contributed greatly to WWII. Europeans had little experience with democracy. Also, when difficulties arise in countries the political parties are weakened by divisions within the group. People may then be willing to sacrifice democracy in exchange for strong leadership. This happened in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. The new government set up in Germany in 1919 was the Weimar Republic. This government had a big problem, it did not have the full support of the Germans, for millions of them viewed the Weimar government as traitors because they signed the treaty of Versailles. Germany during the war simply printed more money to pay for the war-- therefore the money began to