Year: 2020 Language: english Author: David R Stone; Teaching Company. Genre: History Publisher: The Teaching Company ISBN: 9781629978352 1629978353 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 217 Description: In more ways that you can imagine, today’s geopolitical climate is a product of World War II. The United States, France, Germany, Russia, and Britain—all of these world powers and their sense of place in the 21st century were profoundly shaped by the most savage, sweeping war in human history.
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You cannot download files in this forum
World War II: Battlefield Europe
Language: english
Author: David R Stone; Teaching Company.
Genre: History
Publisher: The Teaching Company
ISBN: 9781629978352 1629978353
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 217
Description: In more ways that you can imagine, today’s geopolitical climate is a product of World War II. The United States, France, Germany, Russia, and Britain—all of these world powers and their sense of place in the 21st century were profoundly shaped by the most savage, sweeping war in human history.
Contents
INTRODUCTIONProfessor Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
LECTURES
1 The Battle of Moscow, December 1941. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 Anti‑Semitism and the Nazis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3 Tearing Up the Treaty of Versailles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4 The War Begins, 1939. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5 The Nazi Rise to Power, 1922–1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
6 The Fall of France, Spring 1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7 The Battle of Britain—and the Blitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
8 Britain and Germany’s Standoff at Sea . . . . . . . . . . . 56
9 Hitler, Stalin, and Operation Barbarossa . . . . . . . . . .64
10 Roosevelt, Isolationism, and Lend‑Lease. . . . . . . . . . 71
11 North Africa and the Battle of el‑Alamein. . . . . . . . . 79
12 The Battle of Stalingrad, 1942–1943 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
13 Resistance in Nazi‑Occupied Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
14 The Holocaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
15 U‑Boats and the Battle of the Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . . .115
16 The Allies Invade Italy: Sicily to Anzio . . . . . . . . . . . 124
17 Strategic Bombing over Germany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
18 Allied Industry, Spying, and Wonder Weapons . . .142
19 Soviets, Germans, and the Eastern Front . . . . . . . .150
20 D‑Day, June 1944 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
21 Hitler Runs Out of Options, Fall 1944 . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
22 Soviet Push to Berlin and Yalta Power Play . . . . . . 176
23 Eisenhower’s Endgame in Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
24 War’s End: Picking Up the Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Screenshots
HarveySpecter - World War II Battlefield Europe.pdf
Download [3 KB]
Share