On What Date Did World War Two Become Inevitable for Europe? Why?

Question

I am not talking about a start date, but what date it became INEVITABLE....that it would start no matter who was in power. Was it a result of WWI, other worldly crisis, etc.

Answer 1

If you're looking for an actual date, I suppose it would have to be September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland.

Answer 2

I would say it became inevitable on 11 November 1918, when Germany lost WWI and faced both terrible internal troubles and victors determined to get their 'pounds of flesh' from the losers. The invasion of Poland may have been the final causus belli, but war had become inevitable long before then.

Answer 3

The line in the sand was drawn on the Polish frontier, as stated above. Prior to that, the western policy of appeasement kept the world from going to war. Prior to sept 39, war was not inevitable.

Answer 4

Germany Invaded Poland 1939
Germany launched air raids over London.

Answer 5

May 3, 1939, when Stalin fired the pro-western foreign minister Maxim Litinov and replaced him with Molotov, who favored an alliance with Germany.

Answer 6

the day Hitler invaded Poland...September 1939