. Ian Kershaw: Kershaw claimed that Hitler's main goal was to secure Lebensraum for the German people, particularly in Eastern Europe. Hitler, in his view, saw war as a way of capturing new lands and resources in order to maintain and increase the German population.
4. Richard J. Evans: Evans suggested that Hitler's decision to start the war was motivated by a lot of reasons, including his belief that Germans were a superior race, his desire to take revenge on France for the Treaty of Versailles, and his desire to deflect attention from domestic economic and social issues.
5. Gerhard L. Weinberg: In his review of the causes of the war, Weinberg focused on Hitler's goal for territorial expansion and his bellicose foreign policy. Hitler, he claimed, regarded war as a way to