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World War II: A Military and Social History

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Engross yourself in a comprehensive overview of the single largest event in history with this enthralling course by an Ivy League professor.

Syllabus

  • 01: The Origins of the Second World War
  • 02: Hitler's Challenge to the International System, 1933-1936
  • 03: The Failure of the International System
  • 04: The Coming of War
  • 05: Blitzkrieg
  • 06: The German Offensive in the West
  • 07: “Their Finest Hour” -Britain Alone
  • 08: The Battle of Britain
  • 09: Hitler Moves East
  • 10: The Germans Before Moscow
  • 11: The War in Asia
  • 12: The Japanese Gamble
  • 13: The Height of Japanese Power
  • 14: Turning the Tide in the Pacific-Midway and Guadalcanal
  • 15: The War in North Africa
  • 16: War in the Mediterranean-The Invasions of Sicily and Italy
  • 17: Stalingrad-The Turning Point on the Eastern Front
  • 18: Eisenhower and Operation Overlord
  • 19: D-Day to Paris
  • 20: Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge
  • 21: Advance Across the Pacific
  • 22: Turning Point in the Southwest Pacific-Leyte Gulf and the Philippines
  • 23: The Final Drive for Japan-Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Fire-Bombing of Tokyo
  • 24: War in the Air
  • 25: Hitler's New Order in Europe
  • 26: “The Man's Army”
  • 27: Daily Life, Culture, and Society in Wartime
  • 28: The Race for Berlin
  • 29: Truman, the Bomb, and the End of the War in the Pacific
  • 30: The Costs of War
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Thomas Childers

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