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The True Origin of WWII: What Historians Get Wrong

  • Independent News Roundup By Independent News Roundup
  • Jan 9, 2026

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The story you were taught about World War II is incomplete.

History textbooks tell us WWII began when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939. But the real origins of the deadliest conflict in human history trace back to bankers, not generals. To boardrooms, not battlefields.

In this video, we expose the economic forces that mainstream narratives conveniently ignore:

→ How the Treaty of Versailles created a financial time bomb that destabilized Europe for two decades

→ The Dawes Plan: How Wall Street pumped billions into Germany, creating a fragile house of cards that collapsed in 1929

→ The exposed connection between the Great Depression and Hitler's rise from fringe extremist to Chancellor

→ The uncomfortable truth about Ford, General Motors, IBM, and Standard Oil doing business with Nazi Germany—some even after war broke out

→ Why the Nazi economic model required conquest to survive

This isn't conspiracy theory. This is documented history buried in archives, exposed at Nuremberg, and examined in Congressional investigations. The records exist. Most people just never look.

Understanding how economic forces create political monsters isn't just about the past. It's about recognizing the warning signs before the next catastrophe.


Sources and further reading:

John Maynard Keynes, "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" (1919)

Edwin Black, "IBM and the Holocaust" (2001)

US Holocaust Memorial Museum archives

Centre for Economic Policy Research studies on banking crises and extremism

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