- Psychological Analysis: Both Downfall and Barbarossa showed Hitler as being mentally unstable.
- Two different perspectives: Stoessinger (Western) and Hirschbiegel (German) - maybe have influenced the fact that Stoessinger discussed Hitler's effect on people outside of Germany while Hirschbiegel portrays the effects of Hitler on people within Germany
Long Term Causes of WWII
- Treaty of Versailles
- Failures of the League of Nations and collective security
- Rise of Dictators (Fascist Italy 1922, Nazi Germany 1933, Japan 1920's...)
- Worldwide economic crisis / Great Depression
- Appeasement
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