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HIS 211 - U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Present - Textbook

Chapter 11: World War II

Chapter 11: World War II


  • Introduction
  • The Origins of War: Europe, Asia, and the United States
  • Primary Source Reading: Nazi Party Platform
  • Assignment: Why Nazis?
  • The Home Front
  • Victory in the European Theater
  • The Pacific Theater and the Atomic Bomb
  • Videos: World War II
  • Message to Congress by President Roosevelt, December 8, 1941
  • Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union, January 6, 1941
  • Rosie the Riveter