| Description |
6 videodiscs (approximately 900 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 guidebooks (43, 50, 45 pages ; 22 cm.). |
| Series |
The great courses, modern history |
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Great courses (DVD)
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| Note |
"Course no. 810." |
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30 lectures (30 min. each). |
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Three part set in three containers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (guidebooks). |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Lecture 1. The origins of the second world war -- lecture 2. Hitler's challenge to the international system, 1933-1936 -- lecture 3. The failure of the international system -- lecture 4. The coming of war -- lecture 5. Blitzkrieg -- lecture 6. The German offensive in the west -- lecture 7. "Their finest hour"--Britain alone -- lecture 8. The battle of Britain -- lecture 9. Hitler moves east -- lecture 10. The Germans before Moscow. |
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Part 2: Lecture 11. The war in Asia -- lecture 12. The Japanese gamble -- lecture 13. The height of Japanese power -- lecture 14. Turning the tide in the Pacific--Midway and Guadalcanal -- lecture 15. The war in north Africa -- lecture 16. War in the Mediterranean--the invasion of Sicily and Italy -- lecture 17. Stalingrad--the turning point on the eastern front -- lecture 18. Eisenhower and Operation Overlord -- lecture 19. D-Day to Paris -- lecture 20. Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge. |
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Part 3: Lecture 21. Advance across the Pacific -- lecture 22. Turning point in the southwest Pacific--Leyte Gulf and the Philippines -- lecture 23. The final drive for Japan--Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the fire-bombing of Tokyo -- lecture 24. War in the air -- lecture 25. Hitler's new order in Europe -- lecture 26. "This man's army" -- lecture 27. Daily life, culture, and society in wartime -- lecture 28. The race for Berlin -- lecture 29. Truman, the bomb, and the end of the war in the Pacific -- lecture 30. The costs of the war. |
| Performer |
Lectures by Thomas Childers, Professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Summary |
This course examines one of the greatest conflicts in human history, World War II. Between 1937 and 1945, 55 million people perished. It was a series of interrelated conflicts; no continent was left untouched, no ocean or sea unaffected. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- History.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| Added Title |
World War Two |
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World War 2 |
| ISBN |
1565855868 |
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9781565855861 |
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9791565855860 |
| Music No. |
PD810-01 Teaching Company |
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PD810-02 Teaching Company |
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PD810-03 Teaching Company |
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