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Hitler was solely responsible for world war 2

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Hitler was perhaps more responsible for World War II than any other individual, but he was not solely responsible for it.

First, we must remember that World War II had both a Pacific theater and a European theater.  Hitler certainly did not cause Japan to invade China or to attack Pearl Harbor.  So we cannot blame him for the war in the Pacific.

While Hitler is much more responsible for the war in Europe, he...

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No single person can be responsible for something as complex as a war. It requires many thousands of people to make armies, fund them, provide logistical support, etc. That is while the "great man" (or "evil man") way of accounting for historical events is generally more a feature of popular culture than historical scholarship.

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