HIST 74: The US in World War II

Roger Lotchin

History 73 is about World War II. It will comprehend both the homefront and military sides of the war and will include the topics usual to that endeavor. What were the contributions of the U. S. to military victory? Who were the heroes and heroines of the conflict? The U. S. and the Second Front? Island Hopping the Pacific. Tank and infantry war in North Africa and Europe. Amphibious war. Air war and ground war in Europe. What were the turning points of the Second Great War? Bombing in the Far East. Why the atomic bomb? War and the new balance of power. Did the war transform American society? Who won the war at home? The minority groups at war. Women at war with America. Did the war end the Great Depression? How did the sections—South, West, New England, etc. contribute to victory and how were they affected by war? Industry and agriculture at war. War and the renaissance of community. Etc.