History Buff's Guide to World War II
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Thomas R. Flagel teaches American History at Columbia State Community College in Columbia, Tennessee. He holds degrees from Loras College, Kansas State University, Creighton University, and has studied at the University of Vienna. He currently lives in Franklin, Tennessee.
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CONTENTS
Prologue
1: "The Gathering Storm"
Top Ten Wars Before the War
Top Ten Attempts at Diplomacy
Top Ten Causes of the War
2: Politics
Top Ten Forms of Government
Top Ten Events in Politics
Top Ten Speeches
Top Ten Similarities Between Stalin and Hitler
3: Military Life
Top Ten Largest Armed Forces
Top Ten Weapons
Top Ten Items in a Soldier's Diet
Top Ten Causes of Military Deaths
Top Ten Most Significant Battles: Europe and North Africa
Top Ten Most Significant Battles: Asia and the Pacific
4: Home Front
Top Ten Hardships
Top Ten Forms of Resistance
Top Ten Alternate Names for the War
Top Ten Songs
5: In Retrospect
Top Ten Firsts
Top Ten Best Military Commanders
Top Ten Worst Military Commanders
Top Ten Military Blunders
Top Ten Heroines
Top Ten Reasons the Allies Won
6: Pursuing The War
Top Ten General Histories
Top Ten Films
Top Ten Popular Myths and Misconceptions
Top Ten Historic Sites
Top Ten Ways to Get Involved
Epilogue
Time Line
Notes
Bibliography
