To What Extent Was Hitler Responsible for the Second World War
“To what extent was Hitler responsible for the Second World War?”
‘From the first day that he "seized power," January 30, 1933, Hitler knew that only sudden death awaited him if he failed to restore pride and empire to post-Versailles Germany.’[1] The Second World War was the deadliest battle in History. Figures estimate that over 59 million people were killed during its conflict. German leadership was under Adolf Hitler, a ruthless dictator who was the chancellor of Germany during the majority of the conflict. It is debatable that Hitler was solely responsible for the events in which lead to and occurred during the Second World War. Hitler was responsible to a large degree, however cannot be accountable for every aspect in which the sequence of events unfolded. Lack of effectiveness from situations such as The Treaty of Versailles, the failure of the League of Nations to keep the peace and the failure associated with the Appeasement between European Nations as indictors. Those aspects showed circumstances that were out of Hitler’s complete control, attributed in the overall commencement of war. However Hitler, a ruthless dictator brought much of the conflict upon himself with ideas already stated in his autobiography, Mein Kempf, outlining his ideas for foreign policy such as the destruction of the Treaty of Versailles, gaining territory, to include all German speaking people in his ‘Third Reich’ and to create a ‘radically pure’ German state that would dominate Europe.
Adolf Hitler’s position as Chancellor of Germany in 1933 consolidated his beliefs and ideals and thus wasted no time in the same year when he placed immediate strain of the Treaty of Versailles through his implementation of foreign policy through the Enabling Act in 1933.[2] Those policies were designed to make Germany the most powerful state in all of Europe. This supremacy of power was not a new method by any German government, it had been tried previously. It most recently occurred during World
‘From the first day that he "seized power," January 30, 1933, Hitler knew that only sudden death awaited him if he failed to restore pride and empire to post-Versailles Germany.’[1] The Second World War was the deadliest battle in History. Figures estimate that over 59 million people were killed during its conflict. German leadership was under Adolf Hitler, a ruthless dictator who was the chancellor of Germany during the majority of the conflict. It is debatable that Hitler was solely responsible for the events in which lead to and occurred during the Second World War. Hitler was responsible to a large degree, however cannot be accountable for every aspect in which the sequence of events unfolded. Lack of effectiveness from situations such as The Treaty of Versailles, the failure of the League of Nations to keep the peace and the failure associated with the Appeasement between European Nations as indictors. Those aspects showed circumstances that were out of Hitler’s complete control, attributed in the overall commencement of war. However Hitler, a ruthless dictator brought much of the conflict upon himself with ideas already stated in his autobiography, Mein Kempf, outlining his ideas for foreign policy such as the destruction of the Treaty of Versailles, gaining territory, to include all German speaking people in his ‘Third Reich’ and to create a ‘radically pure’ German state that would dominate Europe.
Adolf Hitler’s position as Chancellor of Germany in 1933 consolidated his beliefs and ideals and thus wasted no time in the same year when he placed immediate strain of the Treaty of Versailles through his implementation of foreign policy through the Enabling Act in 1933.[2] Those policies were designed to make Germany the most powerful state in all of Europe. This supremacy of power was not a new method by any German government, it had been tried previously. It most recently occurred during World