How Did Adolf Hitler Cause Ww2

World War II was one of the bloodiest and the most devastating events in history. It destroyed the lives of more than 60 million people, which was approximately 3% of the world’s population at the time. The Holocaust also left 11 million casualties from concentration camps all over Europe. Adolf Hitler, the German chancellor and the leader of the Nazi party, started the war in 1939. He was an ambitious man, who wanted to “make Germany great again” as it had to go through humiliation after losing the first World War. He hated Communism, and declared that he would ignore the Treaty of Versailles, which had been agreed in 1919. In rebuilding Germany, Hitler indeed broke most of the articles in the Treaty of Versailles as well as the agreements
This skill and his ambition won him many supporters and when he decided to rearm, no one opposed him. Unemployed workers were drafted into the army, and conscription was reintroduced. This action indicated that Hitler had thus broken the promises made in the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, but Britain and France did not take any action. Britain had sympathy as they had also thought the treaty too harsh, while France did not want to act alone. Rearmament caused the armed forces in Germany to increase by at least a factor of 10
Wanting to get it back, Hitler called for a plebiscite, resulting in a great success. This acted as a morale booster, but it did give Hitler too much confidence. When he took his troops into the Rhineland area of Germany in 1936, everyone knew that he was clearly taking too big a risk. However, even at this stage no one condemned Hitler’s actions. The remilitarisation of the Rhineland was clearly a success - the League was busy with the Abyssinian Crisis to care, and Britain and France refused to act. Had the event been a failure, Hitler could have stopped then.

Appeasement, which was a policy of Britain granting the wishes of Germany, allowed Hitler to do what he wanted. Due to appeasement Hitler could test out his devastating weapons during the Spanish Civil War, while having an Anschluss with Austria in 1938. When he invaded Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia in 1938, there was nothing to stop him. Hitler was regarded at the time as mighty and courageous, but perhaps the start of the World War II was an indicator of his failures that were to follow.

What most people can think of as Hitler’s failure is Germany’s defeat. However, what led to his defeat in September