“”Certain circles” means Pat Buchanan”
Buchanan has stated that he feels Churchill betrayed Poland, and I am unable to fault this argument, unless one considers Stalinist occupation for decades ‘saving.’
So allow me. Buchanan's specific claim is that Churchill caused WW II by forming a mutual defense pact with Poland, requiring Btritain to declare war on Germany of it attacked Poland. He goes on to claim that Hitler did not form the thought of harming Jews until after the war started.
First of all, Germany started the war, by attacking Poland. He knoew that Britain had no force in the field capable of resisting the blitzkrieg on Poland, and further that Britain's declaration of war would give him leave to bomb London. It's likely that he intended to finish off Russia first (late fall of '41, tops) before invading Britain. Oops!
Oh, and Kristallnacht occurred in 1938. If that didn't demonstrate hostile intent toward Jews, I don't know what did.