Bohm: So I guess we can both agree the above is all factually accurate, but I understand you to say the above is not the cause at all.
All of that is factually correct and undisputed, but it doesn't tell the whole story. In the case of WWII, the false flag was the fire at the Reichstag in 1933. We may never know the truth as to who arsonist Marinus van der Lubbe was working for, but we know from history that the event benefitted the Nazis more than anyone else and that Hitler took full and swift advantage of it.
As Wikipedia notes, the event is seen as pivotal in the establishment of Nazi Germany, as it gave the Nazis the pretext for suspending most rights and civil liberties set out in the Weimar Constitution, which was replaced with the Reichstag Fire Decree in direct response to the arson attack, to weed out communists and increase state security throughout Germany.
The media helped of course: 'The next day, the Preussische Pressedienst (Prussian Press Service) reported that "this act of incendiarism is the most monstrous act of terrorism carried out by Bolshevism in Germany". The Vossische Zeitung newspaper warned its readers that "the government is of the opinion that the situation is such that a danger to the state and nation existed and still exists". ' Does any of that sound familiar?
The primary facilitators and puppet-masters behind the scenes of WWII were elite bankers and political zionists, which is why the US funded the war - for both profit and political gain - and it is possible that WWII could be considered a strategic battle in a bigger war, the end-game of which is to bring about a single world government.
If you haven't already seen it, I suggest you watch the documentary posted by Tornapart on page 7 of this thread. If you don't have time to watch it all, the pertinent sections covering world wars I and II runs from 58mins in to 1hr 22mins.
For anyone who likes to deny conspiracies it's interesting to note that in the Wikipedia page linked to above it states, 'The Nazis alleged that Van der Lubbe was part of the Communist conspiracy to burn down the Reichstag and seize power, while the Communists alleged that Van der Lubbe was part of the Nazi conspiracy to blame the crime on them.' The man himself maintained he acted alone.
Someone somewhere is always lying, so it's pretty much inevitable that there's a conspiracy - which I would define as a strategic, hidden agenda which deliberately obscures the truth to gain an advantage - on one side or the other, or otherwise both!
(I realise I got a bit waylaid and fell behind with the thread as I was writing my response!)