Describe The Major War Aims Of The Allied Powers

Describe the major war aims of the Allied PowersThe Second World War was a continuation of First World War. The treaties that ended the First World War did not result in complete annihilation of Germany although she lost territory and was forced to pay huge amounts of war reparation. The major war goals of the allied nations in Second World War were to remove Hitler and the Nazis from power by defeating Nazi Germany on the western front, save the Jews from the genocide, restore freedom and democracy to the European nations and prevent Hitler from invading the United Kingdom (Addison, 1975).Hitler promised to restore Germany to greatness and began to arm Germany for war. Hitler began implementing his plan to conquer Europe by taking Austria and Czechoslovakia. In 1933, Adolf Hitler who was the leader of the Nazi party had gained power in Germany under a totalitarian government. In 1939, German troops invaded Poland marking the beginning of the world war in Europe (Addison, 1975).After the First World War a league of nations was set up with the aim of keeping peace. The economic depression that followed the First World War in early 1930’s meant that most countries were