The French demands all but guaranteed WWII. The reparation bills were so high that the German currency had to go into free fall because it couldn't be paid. Only after such bitterness could a Hitler receive the vote he did, although he did not receive a majority vote (30%, in fact) in the fateful election of 1932. Hitler's favorite speech in those days was about the Versailles Treaty. Germany had stood down it's army, not knowing that the peace treaty they would finally receive would be so drastic.
Exactly. Hitler became so popular, especially during his first years, because he gave the people work (well, which kind of: building Autobahnen for a fast transport of the army, building defense lines at the borders) and more important: he gave Germany back its national pride. When the war came near, it must be said that the vast majority of Germans did not want to attack Poland, they feared the response of Britain and France, and they saw no advantage or right for them. That´s what I´m told by my Grandma´s. Even Generals planned to assasinate Hitler in 1938. It´s a tragedy, and I think that all this horror would not have happened if the people had known what was going to happen - no normal citizen ever thought of the idea to kill all European Jews, or to bomb/shoot civilians. I think that actually 10% were convinced Nazis, and the others were either resistance fighters, silent people who tried to get out of trouble, silent people who had to support the Nazi crimes and people who actively and voluntarily helped the Nazis without believing their ideas.