The root causes of World War 2 We can count many causes of World War 2, political and others, but the three root causes of World War 2 were : 1. The Prussian Militarism - developed in 200 years of history, it was the force that made Germany so powerful, and made it possible for a man like Adolf Hitler to gain total control of it. 2. Adolf Hitler - a madman and political genius, Adolf Hitler re-ignited the Prussian militarism after …showed first 75 words of 3890 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3890 total…army and remained Japan's original and main goal. If the USA, Britain, France, Russia were not so busy with Hitler, it is likely that Japan would not have expanded its Chinese war to a rapid and easy conquest of the European colonies in the entire South East Asia, and would not attack the US in the Phillipines and Pearl Harbor, and that even if it had, its success would have been significantly smaller and shorter.