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Theaters of war
From 1941 the war was fought across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific at once. This topic follows the fronts beyond the American story, from Stalingrad to Bengal, and the Holocaust, the Nazi genocide carried out behind German lines.
In this topic
- A war on every continent
- Africa and the Mediterranean
- Oil, Iran and the Caucasus
- Worked example: why Stalingrad was a turning point
- China's long war
- Japan's empire in Southeast Asia
- India at war
- The Holocaust: from persecution to genocide
- Worked example: a perpetrator's testimony
- Victims, resistance and rescue
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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