World War II 1943-1945: World War II, 1942-1945

Cover Page......Page 1
ADVISORY BOARD......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 1558624112......Page 5
CONTENTS (with page links)......Page 6
ABOUT THE SERIES......Page 13
PREFACE......Page 14
CHRONOLOGY......Page 19
Airpower: Was Allied airpower decisive in World War II?......Page 23
Airborne Forces: Did the airborne forces of World War II require resources that could have been better applied elsewhere?......Page 32
Allied Strategy: Did Dwight D. Eisenhower\'s broad-front strategy in northwest Europe offer better possibilities for rapidly defeating Germany than Bernard Law Montgomery\'s single-thrust approach?......Page 41
The Allies: Was the postwar collapse of the Allies\' coalition inevitable?......Page 49
Anglo-American Disputes: Was the Anglo-American dispute over strategic priorities in the European theater significant?......Page 56
Anglo-American Relations: Was there a mutual trust between the Americans and British during World War II?......Page 63
Atomic Bomb: Was the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki justified?......Page 70
Auschwitz: Should the Allies have bombed the railroad facilities and crematoriums at Auschwitz and other death camps?......Page 78
The Axis: Did the Axis powers cooperate effectively during World War II?......Page 84
The Balkans: Did a refusal to invade the Balkans in mid 1944 represent a missed opportunity for the Western Allies to end the war sooner and gain control of Eastern Europe?......Page 90
Battle Of The Atlantic: Has the significance of the Battle of the Atlantic been exaggerated?......Page 101
Bomber Offensive: Was the Allied bombing of enemy cities such as Dresden, Hamburg, and Tokyo necessary?......Page 108
Bombing Of Civilians: Was Allied and Axis utilization of strategic bombing in World War II based essentially on pragmatic considerations?......Page 115
Chemical Warfare: Why were chemical weapons not used in World War II?......Page 123
Emperor Hirohito: Was Emperor Hirohito of Japan responsible for fostering his nation\'s aggression in World War II?......Page 130
European Response: Did the Western powers take appropriate action to stop the rise of Adolf Hitler?......Page 136
The Generals: Did German generals on the whole outperform their American and British counterparts?......Page 144
Hitler And The United States: Was it wise for Adolf Hitler to declare war on the United States after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?......Page 153
Hitler\'s Army: Did the Wehrmacht reflect Adolf Hitler\'s ideology?......Page 159
Ho Chi Minh: Should the United States have attempted to establish a favorable relationship with Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh in 1945?......Page 167
Holocaust: Mass Murder: Was the Holocaust a specifically German atrocity?......Page 173
Holocaust: The System: Was the Holocaust different from other cases of genocide?......Page 181
Imperial Systems: Did the British and French view World War II as the beginning of the end for their respective empires?......Page 190
Italy: To what degree did Italy hinder the Axis war effort?......Page 197
Japanese Internment: Was the internment of Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians during the war justified?......Page 205
Nationalist China: Did Western support of Nationalist China during World War II represent a wasted effort?......Page 213
Naval Treaties: Was it wise for signatory nations to agree to the interwar naval disarmament treaties?......Page 223
Nazi Rise To Power: Was the German population a willing supporter of the Nazi regime?......Page 232
Nuremberg: Should the Nuremberg Trials have been held to establish the guilt of Nazi war criminals and sentence them?......Page 240
Operation Barbarossa: Was it prudent for Germany to invade the Soviet Union in 1941?......Page 248
Operation Dragoon: Was the invasion of southern France in 1944 strategically effective?......Page 257
Resistance Movements: Were resistance and partisan movements decisive in bringing about the defeat of Germany in World War II?......Page 265
Roosevelt: Was Franklin D. Roosevelt a great war leader?......Page 271
Submarine: Did submarines play an important role in World War II?......Page 277
The Tokyo Trials: Were the Tokyo Trials of accused Japanese war criminals conducted fairly?......Page 285
Unconditional Surrender: Was it wise for the Allies to demand the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan in World War II?......Page 292
U. S. Combat Effectiveness: Were U.S. ground troops less effective than the Germans and the Japanese?......Page 300
U.S. Isolationism: How did U.S. isolationism contribute to the cause of World War II?......Page 310
U.S. Marines: Was the \"island hopping\" of the U.S. Marines in the Pacific theater an effective strategy?......Page 317
Women\'s Role: How important was the role of women in World War II?......Page 324
Yalta: Did the Yalta conference represent an Anglo-American capitulation to Soviet occupation in Eastern Europe?......Page 331
References......Page 339
Contributor Notes......Page 353
Index......Page 355