wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_II).If one is asked to choose a single cause for the war it would have to be the desire to have power, as was demonstrated by various invasions and attacks on countries that did not invite them. The immediate Causes of World War II are generally held to be the German invasion of Poland, and the Japanese attacks on China, the United States, and the British and Dutch colonies. In each of these cases, the attacks were the result of a decision made by authoritarian ruling elites in Germany and Japan (Causes of World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_II)."

Interestingly, the Nazi Party came to rule through the Democratic process, but once in a position of power the party quickly moved to stomp out any hint of freedom or democracy anywhere in its path.

The Nazi's capitalized on the mob mentality when it worked to unite Germans into believing that they were a superior race, to be exalted and held above all other races and nations.

The people were ready to grasp onto anything that would give them hope that the current conditions they were living under with regard to poverty and hope would come to an end.

The idea of mob mentality has always been when a group of individuals who individually do not feel good about themselves, come together and believe that as part of the group they are raised up in esteem they are more powerful. It is what drives gang membership, packs of dogs, and other examples of mobs to continue to form and do damage. The mob mentality was no...

While the Germans and the Nazi party were busily making themselves feel better through the use of mob mentality tactics, the rest of the world was gathering strength to fight against the creation of the mob.
Combined the two issues, the mob mentality and the desire to fight against communism clashed and the result was a World War that has not been repeated since its time.

If one studies the situation closely one can see that the actual premise of mob mentality can be seen on both sides of the communism issue. While the Nazi party got the Germans riled up and willing to place various populations into concentrations camps with the belief that they were substandard, those who were against the practice, and against communism also had a mob mentality in that they also believed their way was the best way.

The two sides fought it out during a world war and the side of kindness and humanity won out.

References

Summary of the Causes of World War II

http://www.angelfire.com/wy/wwi/summary.html

Causes of World War II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_II

Causes of World War II. HOW WERE the EFFECTS of WORLD WAR I RELATED to the CAUSES of WORLD WAR II? The economic collapse, and the political instability...www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/causeww2.html