Heimsstyrjöldin 

     The racism was mainly in Germany. Nazis believed that the airiel race was the master race and superior to the Slavic people. The countries that eventually formed the allied alliance acted passively in the face of the axis threat. This was partly out of sympathy, partly out of guilt and partly because countries like Britain underestimated hitler. Meanwhile the united nations were ineffective in the fight to keep the peace, A few months after japan withdrew from the league of nations and in 1933 the Germans did the same in 1935 Germany violated the treaty by introducing mandatory military constitutions, and by beginning re armornment. That country then continued to violate the treaty in the years that followed. In fact hitler in 1939 re-militaries the Rimeland. It was around this time that Germany formed their alliance with Italy. soon after the country offered support to this movement during the spanish civil war while the existing government was ported by the soviet union. These foreshadowed the second world war as both sided were testing methods and weapons of battle. One specific event that foretold the horrors of world war two,Was the bombing of Gernika by 1938 hitlers motives were clear and a move known as the anchlaus the nazis moved germany into Austria dispite this also violated the treaty of valsie. Later that year Hitler was appeased by britain and france, when they signed the München agreement this allowed hitler to overtake the german speeking part of Czechoslovakia in order to keep the peace. In August 1939 nazi germany signed a peace treaty with the soviet union. However the first official event in the war was germany invading poland due to long standing tentions. On september 1st 1939 britain and france warned germany that if the troops did not withdraw war was imminent. When the nazis did nothing france an britain declared war on germany and world war two officially began.