How did Hitler plan to fight the war? Did he get the war he wanted? These questions have been asked by numerous historians since the end of World War II, and by Weinberg, Bartov, and Overy thus far in our reading. The answer to these questions according to the reading appears to be yes and no. First, Hitler got to concentrate on one front at the beginning of the war because of the non-aggression pact he signed with the Soviets on August 23, 1939. Second, he got to concentrate on the west because of the agreement he signed with the Soviets as well. Third, although Hitler stated that he wanted to begin the war in 1942-43, he appears to have been ready for war in 1938. So the timing of the war thus becomes a factor. Fourth, although Hitler might have been ready for war that does not mean that Germany was. Hitler did not have the have a significant portion of the German population, nor his generals fully committed to the idea in of war 1938 or 1939. Add to these the factors the fact that Italy bungled every attempt at conquering territory (except for the fact that they took Albania), which caused Hitler to divert troops away from the eastern front to cover up the blunders of Mussolini; and this becomes the picture of war that faced Hitler and Germany by the time he was focused at conquering Lebensraum in the East in 1941. Finally, one most focus on German and Japanese relations to see, that although Hitler got the blue water navy he wanted by agreement with Japan, he did not get the Japanese to agree on strategy by the time he began to focus his attention on the Soviet Union in mid-1941. .
Because of the signing of the Soviet-German non-aggression pact on August 23, 1939 Hitler got to do two very important things that he included in his war plan. The first of these was the defeat of Poland in two weeks by mid-September 1939, and the second was having the ability to focus on France and Great Britain in the west, while not having to fight at two front battle in Eastern and Western Europe like Germany had in World War I.
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So in the harrowing year of 1939, World War II began when Hitler attacked Poland. ... Hitler would have had a much greater chance to win World War II and achieve this aspiration, if he had discovered his political and military blunders and corrected them in time. ... As Germany's fighting fronts spread throughout the continent, its shortage of manpower became increasingly important. ... Five of the scientists who transferred to America had already won the Nobel Prize, and six more were subsequently to do so.6 And their migration had an extremely big impact on an extremely important fac...
Ruthless dictators with their ambitious plans for expansion frequently cause great concern in our 21st century world. ... When war broke out in Europe, President Roosevelt (America's president) called cabinet and military advisors to discuss how they would act towards Hitler's reign. ... America made a big mistake by choosing not to become involved with the allied forces earlier in World War II. ... If America did not recently go to War with Iraq his people would still be living in fear of death. ... They should have learned from their World War II experience that appeasement and di...
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the causes of World War II, which led to the rise of Adolph Hitler. ... Another such cause of World War II was the fact that United States lent money to Britain and France, because the U.S. felt bad for Europe after World War I. ... Appeasement played a role in how Hitler came to rise to power. ... Battles and Events during the War How did the United States get entered in World War II? ... How did the United States plan to escape such invasions? ...
We must understand how he gained and abused power. ... On June 28,1914, 6 months later, Hitler returned to Munich one month after World War I had begun. ... He did not want to fight for Austria so he fled from Vienna to avoid it but he was passionately loyal to Germany. ... In the four years of World War I he was promoted only to the rank corporal. ... Hitler did not think Papen was right for the job. ...
How far do you agree with Bracher? Response The statement focuses on the traditional view of Hitler's ascending to power and on his meticulous masterplan that made the Second World War inevitable.'World War II was simply viewed as Hitler's war, and all responsibility for it began and ended with him.' ... In modern days, the personality of Adolf Hitler is usually linked to the Second World War. ... There was also planned an alliance with the British Empire in order to win the fight against the most powerful enemy, the United States. ...
The question is how did the war get started? ... Between Wars (WW I and WW II) Twenty-one years before World War II began World War I ended. ... Unfortunately these problems were not solved by the war and were carried on to World War II. ... If these plans were true, the US had to put an end to them then, so that Hitler did not attack America. ... "There are two worlds that stand opposed to each other,"" Hitler claimed. ...
Compare the maps of the fighting fronts in WWI and WWII and discuss what this comparison reveals about the nature of fighting in the two wars. How do you explain the differences you find? During the First World War, armies came to an unexpected surprise to military tactics, trench warfare. ... As for in World War two, Hitler tried to expand and tried to incorporate Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland, and the acquisition of Lebensraum for Germany. ... In the first one an invasion which soon lead to trench warfare ending in a stalemate, and in world war II it was fought over other lands and more...
War is a useless, last resort effort that has caused such disasters as World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam. ... The war that started international unrest over world politics would be World War II. ... World War II had ended. In reality, one can find World War II quite ironic. ... World War II left many things hanging. ...