On WWII—the “more or less the same way” is actually rather flexible. Usual advocates of “don’t put it all on Hitler” say (AFAIK) something among the lines “historical balance was such that SOME major war involving Germany was bound to occur and, given the rise of tech, be about as deadly and as propaganda-fueled; Hitler did not invent or destroy so much tech as to change that particular statement” but not “there would arise a party against Jews which would win over Communists, make an alliance with another “communists”, then betray them”. Without Hitler we may have found Communist Germany led by Telman out to destroy Capitalism, instead of Jews, and then fighting against USSR before actually managing that for reasons similar to why Trotsky was exiled and then killed—because Stalin would fear Telman the Führer to be an opponent of his. Or something entirely different—I’ve already given too much detail to my alternative history. The only thing advocated is “major, deadly, propaganda-fueled war in several decades after the Last War with Germany as a prominent player”.
On WWII—the “more or less the same way” is actually rather flexible. Usual advocates of “don’t put it all on Hitler” say (AFAIK) something among the lines “historical balance was such that SOME major war involving Germany was bound to occur and, given the rise of tech, be about as deadly and as propaganda-fueled; Hitler did not invent or destroy so much tech as to change that particular statement” but not “there would arise a party against Jews which would win over Communists, make an alliance with another “communists”, then betray them”. Without Hitler we may have found Communist Germany led by Telman out to destroy Capitalism, instead of Jews, and then fighting against USSR before actually managing that for reasons similar to why Trotsky was exiled and then killed—because Stalin would fear Telman the Führer to be an opponent of his. Or something entirely different—I’ve already given too much detail to my alternative history. The only thing advocated is “major, deadly, propaganda-fueled war in several decades after the Last War with Germany as a prominent player”.