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