From the potential threat to the Second World War: the Western Alliance

The paper analyzes the geopolitical origins of the Second World War. Contradictions between the great powers remaining after the First World War were likely to be the premises for it. In the 1930s for a whole range of reasons, England, France and the United States did not impede the aggressive foreign policy of Japan, Italy and Germany. Anti-communist sentiments in the Anglo-Saxon political elites and the desire of England to maintain, and the United States — to strengthen its geopolitical position at the expense of other countries played a significant role. As a result, individual theaters of military actions escalated into world war.

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