In 1961, however, AJP Taylor argued that Hitler had no grand plan to start a war – he simply grabbed opportunities as they came along. Taylor blamed the British and French politicians who appeased Hitler, which allowed him to think they were pushovers.
Soviet historians agreed with Taylor. They believed that British politicians in the 1930s actively encouraged Hitler, hoping that Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia would destroy each other in a huge war.
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Some have claimed the American President Franklin D Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor, but let it happen to give an excuse to declare war on Germany. Most believe that America came gradually to believe in intervention, and put Pearl Harbor down just to incompetence.
Gabriel Kolko (1968) claimed that the Americans used the war to build up their economy at the expense of Britain and Russia.
'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'
