While I won't say Hilter wanted or didn't want war, I agree he probably expected it.

If you read Mien Kampf and some various other books on Hilter and WWII you will realize that if he had actually followed his plan there is a good chance of us speaking German. Maybe not the US, but Europe, and probably Britain and Russia would have fallen.
His plan really was really good, BUT they started 5 to 10 years early.

IF the navy and airforce had been complete, there would have been little stopping them.

Consider the Bismarck, basically alone and hardly ready for battle, she gave the Brits fits. The UBoats were just devasting to shipping etc.

Panther tanks were not much different, all but indestructable to most opposing armour at the time.

He got fat headed, overextended and that lead to his downfall.

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