HST 320: Topics in European History

Course Topic Description: A survey of the Second Mass Industrial Global Conflict of the Twentieth Century between 1939-1945. The causes of the war and the various theatres of operation will be studied along with a study of the homefront and participation of Diverse groups involved in the war including African-Americans & Women in the war. Both the European and Pacific theatres will be studied but there will be a particular emphasis on the war in Asia and the destructive bombing campaign that would shape the post-1945 era. This is the second half study of the Thirty Years War of Twentieth Century (1914-1945).