“The Second World War was Hitler’s personal war in many senses

  3. According to Hugh Trevor-Roper, “The Second World War was Hitler’s personal war in many senses. He intended it, prepared for it, chose the moment for launching it, planned its course, and, on several occasions between 1939 and 1942, claimed to have won it.” Evaluate the extent that war can be blamed solely on the machinations of Adolf Hitler.