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Imperialist aspirations by countries that did not have large empires like Britain or France. In Germany in particular there was a general feeling amongst the population that the country had been put under a lot of undue economic pressure after the First World War, that could have been reduced if they had a larger empire. Japan and Italy also wanted larger empires. This inspired the annexation of Austria by Germany, which eventually lead to the Second World War.

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