The Hossbach Memorandum was the summary of the minutes of a meeting in November 1937 between Adolf Hitler and his military leadership, laying out his plans to precipitate an aggressive war that would eventually be known as World War II in Europe. The memorandum was named for the keeper of the minutes of the meeting, Hitler's military adjutant, Colonel Count Friedrich Hossbach .
Intentionalist and Structuralist Arguments
The Memorandum is often used by intentionalist historians to prove that Hitler had planned the Second World War, and the consequences that followed. However structuralist historians would argue that the lack of action by Britain and France against Hitler's occupation of the Rhineland (March 1936) had allowed him to exploit the opportunity, and therefore leading to the Hossbach Memorandum and plans for war.
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