As the Führer of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler was the most influential individual that instigated the Second World War. His militaristic policies and ambition for conquest instigated a worldwide conflict which was bound to have cataclysmic effects.

The reason described above explains clearly why Hitler was obsessed with conquering Europe. Ems “violated” the Versailles treaty and undertook a policy of rearmament. Early in his strategy was the ideologically motivated Anschluss of Germany with Austria and the resumption of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.

But the key part of his plans was conquest of Poland. As the negotiations with Britain and France did not resolve this issue troubling him much, Germany attacked Poland on the first of September in 1939. This was the action that brought the war against Germany declared by Britain and France, meaning that World War II had begun.

Hitler’s aggressive policies, refusal to obey international treaties, and military strategies further deteriorated the situation in Europe and eventually escalated into a full-scale war. His rule and ideology, together with the interwar years geopolitical tensions, prepared the ground for the beginning of the most terrible war the mankind has ever experienced.