DVD
World War II a military and social history
Record details
- ISBN: 9791565855860
- ISBN: 9781565855861
- ISBN: 1565855868
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Physical Description:
6 videodiscs (ca. 900 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 guidebooks (43, 50, 45 p. ; 22 cm.)
videodisc
videorecording - Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c1998.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Course no. 810." 30 lectures (30 min. each). Three part set in three containers. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (guidebooks). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 3: Lecture 21. Advance across the Pacific -- lecture 22. Turning point in the southwest Pacific--Leyte Gulf and the Philippines -- lecture 23. The final drive for Japan--Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the fire-bombing of Tokyo -- lecture 24. War in the air -- lecture 25. Hitler's new order in Europe -- lecture 26. "This man's army" -- lecture 27. Daily life, culture, and society in wartime -- lecture 28. The race for Berlin -- lecture 29. Truman, the bomb, and the end of the war in the Pacific -- lecture 30. The costs of the war. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Lectures by Thomas Childers, Professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. |
| System Details Note: | DVD. |
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| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 History World War (1939-1945) |
| Genre: | History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Public Library | GC-DVD 940.54 CHI V.1 (Text) | 000061427 | Great Courses -- Video | Available | - |
| Homer Public Library | GC-DVD 940.54 CHI V.2 (Text) | 000061431 | Great Courses -- Video | Available | - |
| Homer Public Library | GC-DVD 940.54 CHI V.3 (Text) | 000061432 | Great Courses -- Video | Available | - |
Summary:
This course examines one of the greatest conflicts in human history, World War II. Between 1937 and 1945, 55 million people perished. It was a series of interrelated conflicts; no continent was left untouched, no ocean or sea unaffected.