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Salient. Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 26, No. 8. Monday, July 1, 1963

Historians On War

Historians On War

The question of who was responsible for the second World War was debated by members of the Historical Society recently during a discussion of the war's origins.

T. Wilson opened by advancing the Bullock thesis that Hitler had planned and caused the war.

Wilson cited "Mein Kampf" and the pre-1939 build up in German armaments as support for his arguments. He claimed Hitler had a "master blueprint" for German expansion eastwards and domination of central Europe.

R. Heath replied with the controversial Taylor thesis which holds that Hitler followed no overall plan but was simply a brilliant opportunist. The war was the result of his and others, blunders.