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The Start of WWII

Dan Snow's History Hit

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Why Did the Second World War Start?

A hundred million men and women fought from 30 or so countries. Centuries of en strides forward in state power led to the bloodiest war in our history. It was just te twisted desire a very small minority, a tiny sliver of the world's population, to exercise dominion over their fellow men. The scale of it feels like it requires far more than just me talking to this microphone for half an hour or forty minutes.

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