The main event that led up to WWII was the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty, drafted by the Triple Entente (US, GB, FR) after WWI, left the German people impoverished and spiteful of the rest of Europe. When the Nazi party arose under Adolf Hitler, who preached of German Supremacy and what not, the people were all too happy to help him achieve his psychotic dream of conquering Europe.
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The start of World War II is most commonly thought to be on September 1st, 1939 when the Germans invaded Poland and following declarations of war on Germany by a great portion of the countries in the British Commonwealth and France.
The asassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
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The commander who led the American Expeditionary Force (the U.S. troops sent to Europe in World War I) was John Joseph Pershing.
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The short answer is: the cold war was the tension that arose between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II. Many events during and after the war contributed to it.