Hitler and WWII

Thesis: Alan Bullock argues that Hitler did plan to fight a major war despite the fact that the German economy was not fully mobilized. He uses strong examples such as Hitler’s foreign policies and motives as well as talking about other countries. A very prominent reason for Hitler planning to fight a major war is his foreign policies. The fact that he had two individual foreign policies made it almost obvious that he was planning to be involved in war or some type of disagreement with multiple countries at once. His foreign policy also shows how he believes in destiny. He was a very strong believer and he believed that it was his destiny to take all of the Lebensraum. This was something like his minimal goal and that shows that he wanted to conquer all the way to the USSR and then take that as well. He knew fair and well that eventually countries would stop letting him invade and take over and start doing something about it. Even if he didn’t particularly want a major war, he should have certainly seen it coming to him. He also used multiple threats in his foreign policy. He was completely cynical and manipulating in his policy. Hitler also would never have got as close to his success as he actually did or wanted to if it had not been for the weakness, the divisions and the opportunism of the other governments, which allowed him to build up such power. Even though Hitler was consistently violating the Treaty of Versailles, other European countries decided not to make a fuss or get in his way. Alan Bullock makes it clear that by building all of this power and by disregarding the treaty it was clear that he was going to take part in a major war soon.