Schedule of topics
September
3 Introduction and Overview. The roots of the conflict in Europe: I.Versailles and the end of European Supremacy. Rich: 3-77.
5 II. Hitler’s World View. The Nazi Seizure of Power. Rich: 3-77.
10 III. Fascist Italy in the nineteen thirties: Mussolini’s Drive for Empire. Knox: 3-43.
12 The roots of the conflict in the Pacific: The Emergence of Japanese expansionism. Beasley: 1-100.
17 II. China and Japan to Manchukuo. Beasley: 101-141; 175-197. MM: 143-168
19 Appeasement and Isolationism: Europe and Asia: 1934-1938. Beasley: 198-219; Rich: 81-89. Hitler’s First Strikes: Austria, Sudetenland and the destruction of Czechoslovakia. Rich: 90-120; MM: 1-17.
20 War in Europe. The “Strange Defeat:” the Fall of France. The Battle of Britain. Rich 121-164; MM: 44-90; Knox 44-133.
24 Mussolini’s “Parallel War.” Rich 165-203; MM: 91-109; Knox: 134-230.
28 “Barbarossa:” Hitler’s attack on Russia. Rich 204-223; MM: 110-142.
October
1 The Road to Pearl Harbor. The Japanese offensive in the Pacific. Beasley: 220-232; Rich: 224-250.
3 The Japanese “Southern Advance” to Midway. MM 169-195: Beasley: 220-232.
8 The Pacific War to Mid-1944. Beasley: 233-250; MM: 196-233.
10 The Battle of the Atlantic. MM: 234-261.
15 North Africa and the downfall of Mussolini’s Regime. MM 262-303; Knox: 231-285.
17 Midterm examination
22 Economy and the Home fronts: Daily Life and Social Change during the Conflict.
I. Germany and Italy. Harrison: 122-223.
24 II. Britain and the Commonwealth. The United States. Harrison 43-121.
29 III. The Soviet Union. Harrison 268-301.
31 Japan. Harrison 224-267.
November
5 Vichy France.
7 Nazi policies in occupied Europe. The Final Solution. Browning.
12 Stalingrad and the Eastern Front to 1944. MM 273-303.
14 Mass Bombing. MM 304-335.
19 Islands' Hopping: Offensive in the Pacific. MM 336-373.
21 D Day and the end of the War in Europe. MM: 373-483
26 The Final Offensive in the Pacific
December
3 Wartime Diplomacy. The Atomic Bomb. MM: 484-526.
5 Conclusions