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The largest event : a Library of Congress resource guide for the study of World War II

CONTENTS Foreword by James H. Billington, The Librarian of Congress ix Acknowledgments xi About the Author xiii Introduction — The Largest Event 2 CHAPTER ONE The Seeds of Conflict: 1919-1939 6 Mein Kampf 6 The Other Dictators 8 Prelude to War 9 Season of Appeasement 12 LC RESOURCE NOTES 16 CHAPTER TWO The Conflagration Erupts: 1939-1941 18 Blitzkrieg 18 The Battle in the West 20 The Battle of Britain 25 The Sea War in the Atlantic 27 The Axis in Africa 29 Drang nach osten 32 Operation Barbarossa 34 LC RESOURCE NOTES 36 CHAPTER THREE The War in the Pacific: 1941-1942 38 Pearl Harbor 38 "I will run wild" 40 Midway: The Decisive Battle 43 Island Warfare 45 LC RESOURCE NOTES 48 CHAPTER FOUR The Turning Tide: 1942-1944 50 The Desert War 50 The "Underbelly" 53 The Russian Front 58 The Asian Theater 63 The Pacific Campaign 66 LC RESOURCE NOTES 70 CHAPTER FIVE The Final Western Struggles: 1944-1945 72 The Battle of the Bombers 72 Operation Overlord 75 The Western Front 80 The Last Western Winter 84 The Russian Advance 90 The Holocaust 93 The Collapse of the Third Reich 95 LC RESOURCE NOTES 100 CHAPTER SIX The Last Pacific Battles: 1944-1945 102 The Return to the Philippines 102 The Last I

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