I do not think that in those early days of September, Hitler was fully aware that he had irrevocably unleashed a world war. He had merely meant to move one step further. To be sure, he was ready to accept the risk associated with that step, just as he had been a year before during the Czech crisis; but he had prepared himself only for the risk, not really for the great war. Albert Speer
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Hitler was not fully aware that he had unleashed a world war. The true enormity of his actions, his own insensitivity to the consequences, only became apparent in the summer of 1939. After all, he had merely meant to move one step further. To be sure, he was ready to accept the risk associated with that step, just as he had been a year before during the Czech crisis; but he had prepared himself only for the risk, not really for the great war.

Source: Inside The Third Reich

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