2024-2025 Catalog

HST-H356 Honors World War II: The Global War

Examines the outbreak, course, and the consequences of World War II stressing the global nature of this 20th-century military conflict. Topics will include: the rise of fascist regimes in Germany and Japan; origins and outbreak of the war; key battles in Europe, the Pacific, and Asia; Pearl Harbor; civilian life in Axis and Allied countries; collaboration and resistance in occupied territories; the Holocaust; racial implications of the war in the East as well as Europe; Anglo-American firebombing of Germany; the use of atomic weapons; and the politics of memory.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

This course is restricted to CAS Honors students and students with at least a 3.4 GPA.

Core Curriculum

  • Honors

Offered

Ocasionally