And shortly thereafter World War II began.
Although, please consider that most historians will date the
beginning of World War II as September in 1939. Hitler began his
invasion into Poland on September 1. And Great Britain and
France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939.
So, when looking at the outward manifestation when several
countries are in a declared war one can see
why that date is chosen. However, if we make a deeper study of what set
things in motion that resulted in those events I believe we can trace
the true beginning of the war to March of 1938.
On March 14, 1938
Hitler road into Austria and absorbed it into Germany.
The importance of this is that Hitler’s realm
(Reich) now included Vienna.
Vienna had become the capital of the Holy Roman
Empire in about AD 1440. And for the most part remain so until AD 1806.
And
it was then in 1938 that this little corporal who dropped out of high
school at age 16 decided he should be thought of as being a great world leader.
The absorption of Austria into his Third Reich was the seed that evolved
into his plan to capture all of Europe.
(see Third Reich below)
War is a spiritual evil that actually begins in the heart that
turns from God.
There are three main desires that can consume a man's heart and
turn it toward evil.
He can be consumed by money, sex, or power.
The third, power, is the worst. A dictator or tyrant is so set on
evil he will be the worst possible type of ruler. He will cause
death and suffering to many. He will look for the opportunity to
crush small numbers of members to send a message to the rest that they
must obey. The more cruelly they are crushed the better from the
tyrants perspective because that sends a stronger message. He will
paint his opponents as the real evil ones, the enemy of the whole.
It was the invasion of Austria that set Hitler on a path toward
dictatorship. And when a person's heart is consumed with the
desire for power, there is never enough. It becomes an evil
obsession even more consuming than a greed for money, or an addicts
desire for pornography, sex, or drugs.
And the evil he will do has no limits. The desire for power
is the worst of the vices.
And so the true beginning of World War II was March 14,
1938, the beginning of the new dictator.
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