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Lecturer(s)
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Čančura Lukáš, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Selected topics: 1. Way to the war I. Situation in the Europe after the First World War and the rise of totalitarianism, Japanese expansionism. 2. Way to the war II. German aggression in the Europe - Austria anschluss, occupation of Czechoslovakia and outbreak of the war. 3. German blitzkrieg - campaign in Poland, Scandinavia and France. 4. Intermezzo - battle of Britain, situation in Balkan, Africa and Pacific, origin of the Axis. 5. Barbarossa - German attack of Russia (to the battle of Moscow), Japan and USA entering the war. 6. Year 1942 - German offensive on the Easter front, battle of Stalingrad; navy operation - battle of Atlantic; battles in Africa, Japanese blitzkrieg in Pacific and battle of Midway and Guadalcanal. 7. Year 1943 - turning point - battle of Kursk, allied landing in Italy, victory in Atlantic and recession of Japan in Pacific, allied conference in Teheran. 8. Year 1944 - invasion of Normandy, soviet offensive in the East, defeat of Japan in Pacific. 9. Year 1945 - defeat of Germany, conference in Potsdam, capitulation of Japan. 10. Economic and social development in the years 1939 - 1945, holocaust. 11. Czechoslovakia during the years 1939 - 1945. 12. Consequences of the Second World War and the causes of the Cold War.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Self-study of literature, Lecture
- Contact hours
- 65 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 65 hours per semester
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| Students will create a timeline of major historical events of the Second World War, analyze the situation and development on particular fronts. They will recognise and formulate the importance of Japan and USA entering the war. They will evaluate effect of the war on the economic and social development in the Europe and the rest of the world. |
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| Lecture |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Combined exam |
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Recommended literature
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Burleigh, M. The Racial State: Germany 1933 - 1945. Cambridge, 1992.
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Cílek, R. Holocaust: zřetězení zla. Praha, 2007.
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Davies, N. Evropa ve válce 1939 - 1945: žádné jednoduché vítězství. Praha, 2007.
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Gilbert, M. Druhá světová válka. Praha, 2006.
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Gilbert, M. The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy. London, 1986.
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Hejdová, Eva. Holocaust v životě Židů. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita. Fakulta humanitních studií, 2004.
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Kershaw, I. Hitler 1889 - 1936. Praha, 2004.
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Kershaw, I. Hitler 1936 - 1945. Praha, 2005.
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Nálevka, Vladimír. Druhá světová válka. Praha : Triton, 2003. ISBN 80-7254-390-3.
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Skřivan, A. Japonská válka 1931 - 1945. Praha, 1997.
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