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on Sept 4th - I decided about Hitler:

He [[strikethrough]] attacked [[/strikethrough]] started war either to 1.) Avoid an internal revolution

or 2.) to gain selfish glory & go down in History as a Napoleon.

or 3.) He knew that breaking through the Ziegfried Line or attacking Germany in any way would be a difficult - maybe impossible deadlock, at least for the first few weeks while he was taking Poland.

or 4.) He had promised so much to the German people & he simply had to fulfill these promises which he said he would do even if it meant