A History of the Modern World, 9/e

R R Palmer, Yale University
Joel Colton, Duke University
Lloyd Kramer, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

The Second World War

Internet Exercises

The Spirit of Munich How did the Treaty and Chamberlain's "Peace in Our Time" speech reflect a "spirit of Munich," and what was this spirit?
Link 1 (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/document/munmenu.htm)



Link 2 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1938PEACE.html)

Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941

Analyze German-Russian relations from the pact of 1939 to the invasion of 1941, trying to determine how these changed.

Link 1
(http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/nazsov/nazsov.htm)

Ideology and Invasion Compare and contrast the Soviet and German insights on the German invasion of the USSR in the summer of 1941.
Link 1 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1941molotov.html)



Link 2 (http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~german/gtext/nazi/reichenau-english.html)

The Eve of Pearl Harbor

Analyze the three texts to understand Japanese-American relations during the weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Link 1
(http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/pmenu.htm)

Just war Hamburg and Leningrad were both nearly destroyed by WWII bombing. Compare the perspectives of those doing the bombing.
Link 1 (http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/History/teaching/courses/war.htm#bomb)



Link 2 (http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/History/teaching/courses/war.htm#ideology)

The Manhattan Project, Hiroshima and Nagasaki Reflect on the images and texts to understand one of the most controversial decisions in modern history.
Link 1 (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/abomb/mpmenu.htm)



Link 2 (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hiroshim.htm)



Link 3 (http://www.wtj.com/archives/hiroshima.htm)



Link 4 (http://www.exploratorium.edu/nagasaki/)

The Fate of Dutch Jews

Use the chart to analyze the pattern of deportation of Jews from the Netherlands between 1942 and 1944.

Link 1
(http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7071/deportation.html)

Holocaust Using texts and images, define the "Final Solution."
Link 1 (http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holocamp.html)



Link 2 (http://www.fmv.ulg.ac.be/schmitz/holocaust.html)



Link 3 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook44.html)

Sounds and Music of World War II Listening to the songs of the 1940s and experiencing an air raid, V-1 attack, and a radio broadcast, what themes emerge in terms of the aural impact of the Second World War?
Link 1 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/ww2-music-uk.html)



Link 2 (http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.bayley/sounds/sounds.htm)

The Atlantic Charter

What were the common principles that framed the Anglo-American alliance?

Link 1
(http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/atlantic.htm)

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