noted, Germany was already falling behind.

A striking change noted in the Hossbach Memorandum is Hitler's new evaluation of Britain: from a prospective ally in 1928 in the Zweites Buch to a "hate-inspired antagonist" in 1937 that was unwilling and unable to accept a strong Germany. The change was a complete reversal of Hitler's view of Britain.

German historian Klaus Hildebrand has argued that the memorandum marked the beginning of an "ambivalent

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