The main cause of WW2 was not appeasement but the fact that Hitler had always
wanted war, and this can be seen in the 4 Year Plan and the Hossbach Memorandum.
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Comment [1]: Topic sentence is directly connected to the question and mentions specific reasons that will be discussed The Hossbach Memorandum was a résumé of a meeting on 5 November 1937 between
Adolf Hitler and his military, where his foreign expansionist policies were planned. As soon
as he had consolidated his power, Hitler immediately started planning a war. He started
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Comment [2]: Point 1 is present preparation for war in the 4 year economic plan in 1936, which was focused on rebuilding
the military and creating war industries. Braun, Hans-Joachim in The German Economy in
the Twentieth Century says that Military investment exceeded civilian investment from
1936 onwards. Furthermore, according to the national archive of the UK, appeasement
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Comment [3]: Specific evidence is present was in action with the 1938 politics of Chamberlain. This shows how in 1936 Hitler was
already investing in a future war, basing its economic plan in military production. All this
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Comment [4]: Analysis is focused and evidence is used to further strengthen this argument was planned before appeasement was in action. The Hossbach memorandum was
another factor that shows how war was in Hitler’s plans. Hitler said that "Germany's
problem could only be solved by means of force," but "there remain still to be answered
the questions 'when' and 'how'”. Furthermore the word ‘appeasement’ is descended from
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Comment [5]: Specific evidence is present the Latin word meaning ‘to bring to peace’. This means that although appeasement might
have failed, its objective was not to start a war. Hitler’s quote shows that the German will
have to use force, in this case military, to apply the foreign politics mentioned in the
Memorandum while appeasement was just a foreign peace policy which did not intend to
start a war. Thus appeasement was not the most important cause of WW2, whereas it was
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Comment [6]: Strong strategy to compare Hitler’s policies with those of appeasement Hitler's intention to start a war. Taylor 22/11/16 16:46
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Comment [8]: Concluding sentence is basic, but specific reaons are not included