S2E20 · World War II, A War for Resources: Crash Course World History 220

World War II, A War for Resources: Crash Course World History 220

S2E20 · 2014-12-14 · 11 min

John Green teaches you about World War II, and some of the causes behind the war. In a lot of ways, WWII was about resources, especially food. The expansionist aggression of both Germany and Japan was in a lot of ways about resources. There were other reasons, to be sure, but the idea that the Axis needed more food can't be ignored.

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