To What Extent Were Hitlers Policies the Cause of World War II?

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To What Extent Were Hitler's Policies the Cause of World War II?

Europe's most destructive conflict, the Second World War, broke out on September 1st 1939, with Hitler's invasion of Poland. But when considering the causes of the war along with its outbreak, Hitler's policies cannot be considered the only contributing factors, since the combination of the policy of appeasement, each nations concern for its own security, the failure of the League of Nations and the Great depression all fed fuel into the fire of German extremism, which eventually led to the deadliest war in human history. When conducting the exploration of Hitler's policies it is clear that a large amount of them inevitably led to war. One of these policies was the expansion of Lebensraum or living space for the German people with which Hitler undertook through very aggressive method. European public sympathy at first lied with the German people since they believed that the land which was stripped from them in the Treaty of Versailles was unfair and so made no opposition towards their unification with the new German state, especially since they were winning all the plebiscites (although under dubious circumstances). This excuse was used all