Long story short: Following World War I, the Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to take blame for the war, pay a crippling amount of retributions (really damaged their economy), and give up several of their territories. Eventually, Adolf Hitler took advantage of the country's weak state and the angry feelings that the Treaty of Versailles inspired to convince the rest of the country that, somehow, Jewish people were the ultimate root of all of their problems and that the Germans were better than the rest of Europe and deserved to be in control. As Hitler rose to power and became stronger, the people started to agree with him more and more until he convinced them to go along with his plan to ignore the Treaty of Versailles and attempt to dominate Europe with aggression. Great Britain and France declared war on Germany two days after they invaded Poland, marking the beginning of World War II.
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