“In the simplest terms the question who or what caused the Second World War can be answered in two words: Adolf Hitler.”

—  Eric Hobsbawm, book The Age of Extremes

Source: The Age of Extremes (1992), p. 36 <Ref> https://libcom.org/files/Eric%20Hobsbawm%20-%20Age%20Of%20Extremes%20-%201914-1991.pdf</ref>

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