Abstract
Two statements which generations of students have been invited to discuss as essay questions encapsulate the most popular and contradictory explanations of the causes of World War II: ‘The origins of World War II lie in the Versailles Settlement’ and ‘The causes of the Second World War can be summed up in one word, Hitler’. A third thesis, which has recently gained ground, is that the First and Second World wars were inextricably linked with a common cause, the upsetting of the balance of power of Europe by the emergence of a united Germany with expansionist ambitions.
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