A. Royden D'souza

The standard narrative of World War II (Second Banker War), repeated in Western textbooks and commemorations for decades, places sole blame on Hitler for plunging the world into conflict—a convenient fiction written by the victors to sanitize their own crimes.

World War II began on 1 September 1939, when Adolf Hitler began his campaign to liberate Germans in Poland. German forces used a rapid military strategy known as Blitzkrieg, combining tanks, aircraft, and infantry to overwhelm Polish defenses quickly.