Explore World War II’s dramatic European Theater from the perspective of a military strategist.
Overview
Syllabus
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- 01: The Battle of Moscow, December 1941
- 02: Anti-Semitism and the Nazis
- 03: Tearing Up the Treaty of Versailles
- 04: The War Begins, 1939
- 05: The Nazi Rise to Power, 1922–1933
- 06: The Fall of France, Spring 1940
- 07: The Battle of Britain—and the Blitz
- 08: Britain and Germany’s Standoff at Sea
- 09: Hitler, Stalin, and Operation Barbarossa
- 10: Roosevelt, Isolationism, and Lend-Lease
- 11: North Africa and the Battle of el-Alamein
- 12: The Battle of Stalingrad, 1942–1943
- 13: Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Europe
- 14: The Holocaust
- 15: U-Boats and the Battle of the Atlantic
- 16: The Allies Invade Italy: Sicily to Anzio
- 17: Strategic Bombing over Germany
- 18: Allied Industry, Spying, and Wonder Weapons
- 19: Soviets, Germans, and the Eastern Front
- 20: D-Day, June 1944
- 21: Hitler Runs Out of Options, Fall 1944
- 22: Soviet Push to Berlin and Yalta Power Play
- 23: Eisenhower’s Endgame in Europe
- 24: War’s End: Picking Up the Pieces
Taught by
David R. Stone
