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Originally Posted by Ollie Garchy You can only explain WWII by mentioning Hitler and the nazis and Allied reactions to their plans. I will keep this brutally simple. Hitler wanted to create a large German empire. He therefore built up a military and invaded a few countries on the German periphery. Stalin acted in a similar manner and both in fact joined in the division of Poland. |
He also began the mass extermination of everyone he didn't like, including German citizens. Genocide is never a good policy.
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Originally Posted by Ollie Garchy Why is the German invasion of Poland mentioned as the start of WWII? Why is it that the Soviet Union's part is ignored? |
There is no Soviet Union anymore, they were beaten.
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Originally Posted by Ollie Garchy Here lies an important reason for WWII. The British and French delared war on Hitler's Germany for the invasion of Poland. These governments found the German annexation of Poland unacceptable. Stalin's annexations were ignored. Allied perceptions are therefore more important than Hitler's actions. |
I think someone finally broke down and read Hitler's intentions for the World in "Mein Kampf."
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Originally Posted by Ollie Garchy It amounts to this: German military adventures were unacceptable. The adventures of other states (Italy in Ethiopia, Japan in China, the USA in Central America, Stalin in Poland) were tolerated. Only Germany was not allowed to behave like other powers. The Allied response counts more than anything else and it speaks volumes on attitudes towards Germany and why the war broke out.
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When Germany, Italy, and Japan allied and let their intentions of World domination be known, that was the handwriting on the wall. Blitzkreig and mass exterminations of people in death camps was not acceptable to the rest of the world. The fact that Hitler was insane and almost assassinated by his own trusted leaders speaks volumes as to why Germany could not be allowed to expand death camps all over Europe.