[varmintman]

What Buchanan is claiming is that the British were handing out war guarantees like Halloween candy and that, without that, some sort of a deal with the poles over Danzig would have most likely been reached.

That might have prevented any sort of a war between Germany and England/France. As for Russia, people I've spoken to who were living in Russia in the late 30s say it was on the edge of collapse at that time and that had Hitler simply waited ten years, he most likely could have picked up the pieces he wanted for free.

[NorthMountain]

Sorry, still don’t agree. German armies marched because Hitler told them to. Hitler started WWII.

The abominable Treaty of Versailles more or less ensured that Hitler (or someone like him) would eventually want to restore Germany ... but that doesn’t excuse Hitler.