Compact discs.

"Course no. 180."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-115).

pt. 1. disc 1. The origins of the Second World War ; Hitler's challenge to the international system, 1933-1936 ; disc 2. The failure of the international system ; The coming of war ; disc 3. Blitzkrieg ; The German offensive in the West ; disc 4. "Their finest hour"--Britain alone ; The battle of Britain ; disc 5. Hitler moves east ; The Germans before Moscow -- pt. 2. disc 6. The war in Asia ; The Japanese gamble ; disc 7. The height of Japanese power ; Turning the tide in the Pacific--Midway and Guadalcanal ; disc 8. The war in North Africa ; War in the Mediterranean--the invasion of Sicily and Italy ; disc 9. Stalingrad--the turning point on the eastern front ; Eisenhower and Operation Overlord ; disc 10. D-day to Paris ; Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge -- pt. 3. disc 11. Advance across the Pacific ; Turning point in the Southwest Pacific--Leyte Gulf and the Philippines ; disc 12. The final drive for Japan-- Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the fire-bombing of Tokyo ; War in the air ; disc 13. Hitler's new order in Europe ; "This man's army" ; disc 14. Daily life, culture, and society in wartime ; The race for Berlin ; disc 15. Truman, the bomb, and the end of the war in the Pacific ; The costs of war.

Lecturer: Thomas Childers.