&gt; <i>Not really</i><p>I&#x27;m not clear which of my points you disagree with.<p>Also, there were three Axis Powers in WW2, and two of them had fought <i>against</i> Germany in WW1. It&#x27;s overly simplistic to say that post-war suffering in Germany was the sole cause of WW2--especially as there were terrible sanctions after that war as well, but Germany has not gone to war again.