The Modern World · 20th century
World War II
The deadliest war in history: the road from Versailles and the Depression to 1939, Blitzkrieg and the fall of France, Barbarossa and Pearl Harbor, the turning points of 1942–43, the Holocaust, D-Day, the atomic bombs, and the world the war made.
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Key idea
Prereqs: World War I; The Russian Revolution; The Prize (oil). Next: The Cold War. Sources: Antony Beevor's *The Second World War*, Richard Overy's *Why the Allies Won*, Max Hastings's *Inferno*, Crash Course World History #38.Next: 1. Road to war