UHC
Western European History II
The Age of Extremes
Week #12
April 5: In this class we will deal with the 1920's and the destabilized nature of those years in all countries, both for the victors and those who lost the war.
April 7: In this class we will deal with the Nazi, Fascist and Communist experiments after the Great War.
For April 12
Merriman pp. 1042-1058
Berghahn 82-99
Download - we will go through these very briefly in the next
class.
PowerPoint: Downloadable dealing with
Propaganda for the
War. This ties into "Total War."
Power Point: Downloadable PowerPoint on
Inter-War Posters of
the warring nations. Again- ties into "Total War."
For April 14: I will not be in class on 14 April, so I will create a podcast dealing with War itself and the Holocaust
Berghahn pp. 99-129
Merriman pp. 1059-1103
Both of the following will help you with your projects:
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture11.html - Entire Lecture
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture12.html - Entire lecture
Browse:
Listen to the Real Audio File and you will see why the French were so easily defeated in WW II.
"France was drained of her life blood" (From the BBC - In Real Audio)) A French Infantryman and later theatrical producer Michel St Denis reflects on Armistice day and what the war meant for France. (1958) -This helps explain why France was never the same after the Great War, in particular after the Battle of Verdun.
Devastation in Russia in WW II print this out.
