HST 282 — World War II
Surveys the history of World War II, the most destructive conflict of the twentieth century. Covers major military operations (strategy and tactics) with an emphasis on diplomacy, doctrine and conflicts over resources. Examines the origins of the war in Europe and the Pacific and details the time period 1919-1939, Pearl Harbor, the homefront, American participation in Europe and the Pacific, new technologies, the Holocaust, the atomic bomb, the end of the war, and the outcomes and impact of the war on the U.S. and the world beyond 1945.