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History Stories in the News

Hitler's secret Indian army (BBC, 23 September 2004)

Why the Indian Soldiers of WWI are Forgotten (BBC, 2 July 2019)

The VA's Broken Promise toThousand ov Vets Exposed to Mustard Gas (NPR, 23 June 2015)

As Greeks and Germans Negotiate Debt, Reparations Issues Resurface (NPR, 18 April 2015)

April marks the Centennial of Armenian Genocide (NPR, 8 April 2015)

The Great War at 100: Music of Conflict and Remembrance (NPR, 28 July 2014)

Sarajevo Celebrates WWI Centennial with Joy and the Macabre (NPR, 28 June 2014)

Princip pulled "the Trigger," Bud did never meant to Start a War (NPR, 28 June 2014)

A Century Ago in Sarajevo: A Plot, A Farce and a Fateful Shot (NPR, 27 June 2014)

The Shifting Legacy of the Man who Shot Franz Ferdinand (NPR, 27 June 2014)

A Century from Archduke's Death, Spotlight Turns Back to Bosnia (NPR, 26 June 2014

External Links

Commonwealth University Libraries (a.k.a. Andruss Library)

Brightspace (formerly BOLT)

A Global Guide to the First World War

Lectures on Twentieth-Century Europe (The History Guide)

Primary Sources

Digitized British WWI Diaries

World War I Document Archives

United States and World War

American Entry into WWI

1937-1945: Diplomacy and the Road to Another War

Total War Europe

Syllabus Infographic (spring 2023)

Syllabus Details (spring 2023 updated 3 Feb 2023)

Calendar of Learning and Teaching Activities (spring 202, updated 18 Jan 2023 )

Writing Manual (spring 2023)

Recorded Lectures

About Documentary Films

Historical Films Documentary: Style (2 min)

Historical Films Documentary: Five Act Structure (3 min)

Historical Films Documentary: Limits of Image (3 min)

Historical Films Documentary: Viewers Expectations (3 min)

Historical Films Documentary: Director’s Choices (18 minutes includes video clips)

World War I

Historiography and the origins of World War I: Introduction (11 min)

Patterns of Interpretation: WWI Historiography (14 min)

Long Term Causes of World War I (12 min)

The Alliance System Should Have Prevented War (18 min)

Civilians in Total War: WWI

Rules of War in Total War?

Inter-War Europe, 1919-1939

Great Britain and France (19 min)

Successor States (14 min)

Weimar Germany (15 min)

Rise of Totalitarian Regimes (21 min)

Origins of World War II

Origins of World War II: How might WWI may have contributed to WWII? (18 min)

Origins of WWII: What was the potential for Peace and Collective Security in the 1920s and 1930s? (13 min)

Origins of WWII: What were Hitler's Intentions and how did they differ from his predecessors? (23 min)

Origins of WW II: Events on the "Road to War" (part 1 of 2, 22 min)

Origins of WW II: Events on the "road to war" (part 2 of 2, 26 min)

Origins WWII: Appeasement as a cause (35 min)

Origins of WWII: From the Sitzkrieg to the Battle of Britain

Origins of WWII: The Invasion of the Soviet Union

In the News

Were You or Your Relatives Exposed to Mustard Gas? Search Our Database (NPR, 12 November 2015)

Families React to NPR's Reporting of Secret Mustard Gas Testing (NPR, 4 November 2015)

Apology Demanded for Mustard Gas Experiment Subjects (NPR, 3 August 2015)