Great courses (Compact disc)

Compact discs

pt. 1: The origins of the Second World War ; Hitler's challenge to the international system, 1933-1936 ; The failure of the international system ; The coming of war ; Blitzkrieg ; The German offensive in the West ; "Their finest hour"--Britain alone ; The battle of Britain ; Hitler moves east ; The Germans before Moscow -- pt. 2: The war in Asia ; The Japanese gamble ; The height of Japanese power ; Turning the tide in the Pacific--Midway and Guadalcanal ; The war in North Africa ; War in the Mediterranean--the invasion of Sicily and Italy ; Stalingrad--the turning point on the eastern front ; Eisenhower and Operation Overlord ; D-day to Paris ; Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge -- pt. 3: Advance across the Pacific ; Turning point in the Southwest Pacific--Leyte Gulf and the Philippines ; The final drive for Japan-- Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the fire-bombing of Tokyo ; War in the air ; Hitler's new order in Europe ; "This man's army" ; Daily life, culture, and society in wartime ; The race for Berlin ; Truman, the bomb, and the end of the war in the Pacific ; The costs of war

A set of thirty lectures (in three parts) examing the greatest conflict in human history, the Socond World War

"Course number 180."

Unabridged

Lecturer: Thomas Childers