Once you have finished your reading and viewing for week 7, review your reading and viewing from Week 5. Once completed, address the following Group Discussion question:
First discuss how the end of WWI and various events/trends/figures during the interwar era contribute to the outbreak of WWII. Which if those events/trends/figures do you think most contributed to the outbreak of WWII? Next, consider that over 70 million people died in World War II, which sadly more than doubled the number of people killed in World War I (estimated at 17-20 million). Some people attribute this to the geographical scope of the war, which was far more global in its inclusion than World War I. Some people blame technology, arguing that it was the technology available during World War II as opposed to World War I that made the difference. Still others say it was ideology, specifically that totalitarian philosophies (make no mistake, Stalin was as totalitarian as Hitler) were to blame because they caused devastating events like the Holocaust and targeting of civilians on all fronts. Overall, which theory do you agree with and why? (NOTE: In your answer, be sure to address the other causes. Explain both why your chosen cause is to blame and why the other causes are less important factors.)
