The start of World War II can be traced back to a variety of factors and events. One of the primary causes was the aggressive expansionist policies of the Nazi regime led by Adolf Hitler, who sought to establish a dominant German empire and achieve Lebensraum ("living space") through the conquest of neighboring countries. Additionally, the failure of the Treaty of Versailles to create a lasting peace after World War I, the appeasement policies of Western powers towards Hitler's aggression, the Soviet Union's non-aggression pact with Germany, and the economic and political instability of Europe at the time all contributed to the outbreak of war in 1939.
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