Day: July 4, 2017

The Second World War: Part II Unlike the 1914-18 war, the Second World War was a war of rapid movement; it was a much more complex affair, with major campaigns taking place in the Pacific and the Far East, in North Africa and deep in the heart of Russia, as well as in central and […]

The Second World War: Part I Munich to the outbreak of the World War II: September 1938 to September 1939 This fateful year saw Hitler waging two pressure campaigns: the first against Czechoslovakia, the second against Poland. selfstudyhistory.com Czechoslovakia Hitler had decided to destroy Czechoslovakia: as part of his Lebensraum (living space) policy, and because […]