Rothbard (find via this article) said No (relying on A. J. P. Taylor), and modern scholarship doesn’t appear to uproot this view. (Not to mention subtler theories.)
Pat Buchanan’s classic article also has some great questions on the conventional view.
On the other hand, one could argue Divine Providence was so pronounced and clearly orchestrated, both in the rise of Germany and in its fall, that the question of military High Command “intentionality” is silly.
Let’s not pretend Hitler was acting rationally in fighting Russian “General Winter” or the shirk of Dunkirk or giving a perfect political excuse for Roosevelt to attack more than just Japan by… declaring war on America. (That last one always amazes me!)
With such a psychopath, reading his own words on the question helps nothing, but here is Hitler himself, anyway.
(Of course, I am not a historian, etc., etc.)
How is all this related to our focus at Hyehudi.org?
I’m not telling.