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Exploring the reasons why the second world war broke out in september 1939 and why a european conflict developed into a war that spanned the globe, the origins of the second world war argues that this was not just hitlers war but one that had its roots and origins in the decline of the old empires of britain and france and the rise of ambitious new powers in. The book is full of illuminating sidelights on the principle actors that bring their characters and the ways in which they reached decisions into fresh focus. In this history, the author explores both the technological and the human impact of the war. Seventyfive years on broadberry and harrison 2020, arose as a sequel to the essays we collected for the centenary of the end of wwi broadberry and harrison 2018. The second world war was vaguer still in its opening.
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