Who Started World War II?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Why should anyone understand the other side.
They were a bunch of xenophobic, genocidic, ruthlesss uninformed thugs led by the inner circle of a one testicled painting corporal.

It's like understanding a pack of retarded gorillas. Even David Attenborough woulnd't touch that.

And this will be your informal warning. Personal opinions are welcome, but we are trying to discuss the causes of the war, and this sort of thing doesn't help.

[Betonov]

WWII was the final act of the colonial tensions that sprung up during the 19th century, peaked when WWI started and then reflamed 2 decades later.
The whole mess would have been avoided if Hitler wasn't such a good manure shuffler (I know a better word but it's NSFW), that he convinced the Germans that they should not have faith in the Weimar republic, that was on a good path to rebuild Germany to an industrial power without all that Prussian militarism.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

And this will be your informal warning. Personal opinions are welcome, but we are trying to discuss the causes of the war, and this sort of thing doesn't help.

Just give me a formal one then.
The only remorse I will show when comparing nazis to retarded gorillas is that I'll offend retarded gorillas