| Description: | The Second World War caused the death of about 50 million people and enormous destruction all over the world. The course examines the causes of the war, focusing upon the rise of Nazism in Germany. It then focuses on the course of the war from a political, social and military point of view, taking into account the political strategies of the main powers, the most important war campaigns and the suffering of the civilian populations. A special session will be devoted to the great tragedy of the Holocaust. The course will conclude by examining the political consequences of the conflict: the new balance of power that was to last for almost 50 years, until the collapse of the Soviet Union. |