Unit 5 Project: A Shattering End to War, Changed Requirements

Post date: Jan 02, 2012 5:21:18 PM

Unit Essay: Total War

In order to get credit for this project, you must write a well-developed essay on the following topic:

Total War

World War II is easily the most destructive war in human history, with most accounts agreeing that somewhere between 40-60 million people died. One of the major reasons that WWII was so destructive was because it was a total war, that is a war where the warring parties devote their total resources to the war effort. Now that you have studied WWII, pick three aspects of this war and write an essay of no less than 600 words that analyzes why this war was the most destructive in human history

Helpful links:

total war

US Home Front during WWII 

blitzkrieg

European Theater and Asian Theater of war

The Holocaust

The Atomic Bomb