Conflict in Europe

Top books

EXPLORE 940.53 Loeffel, R. (2018). Conflict in europe 1935-1945. Cengage Learning Australia.

EXPLORE 940.54 Arthur, M. (2007). Forgotten voices of the second world war. Ebury Press.

EXPLORE 9ths 40.53 CAW Cawthorne, N. (2008). World at war. Igloo Books.

HSC 909.82 HTA Modern history study guide. (2019). History Teachers Association of NSW Inc. Chapter 4

Top Websites

HSC Study Day 2016: Student Handout

This document is the student handout produced by Dr Michael Molkentin, Shellharbour Anglican College & University of NSW Canberra for a HSC Study 2016 on International Studies in Peace and Conflict – Conflict in Europe 1935-45.

The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students
This website is produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Organised by theme (Nazi Rule; Jews in Prewar Germany; The ‘Final Solution’; Nazi Camp System; Rescue and Resistance), this learning site presents an overview of the Holocaust through historical photographs, maps, images of artifacts, and testimony clips.

Modern history: Conflict in Europe 1935–1945

Provided by Charles Sturt University, helps students investigate key features and issues in the history of the conflict in Europe 1935–1945.

World War Two in Europe

The History Place contains a World War Two timeline, rise of Hitler, History of the war in Europe, and a Holocaust timeline as well as biographies of Adolf Eichmann, Rudolf Hess and Reinhard Heydrich.

Growth of European Tension

Spanish Civil War

Holocaust Encyclopedia website produced by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

German- Soviet Pact

The German-Soviet Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland on September 1, 1939, without fear of Soviet intervention. Holocaust Encyclopedia is produced by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This site includes videos and map of Eastern Europe after the German-Soviet Pact.

German Foreign Policy

The Nazi Rise to Power

The Nazi Party was one of a number of right-wing extremist political groups that emerged in Germany following World War I. Beginning with the onset of the Great Depression it rose rapidly from obscurity to political prominence, becoming the largest party in the German parliament in 1932. This website is the Holocaust Encyclopedia, produced by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

German Foreign Policy, 1933-1939

The Nazi drive to strengthen the German ‘master race’ for generations to come took several forms, including the military conquest of new territories. The foreign policy of the German government aimed to incorporate ethnic Germans living outside Germany into the Reich; dominate western Europe; and acquire a vast new empire of ‘living space’ in eastern Europe.

Course of the European War

Operation ‘Barbarossa’ and Germany’s Failure in the Soviet Union

This article by Ian Carter was published on 9 January 2018 on Imperial War Museums website.

Imperial War Museum: Battle of Britain Stories

The IWM is a leading authority on conflict and its impact, focusing on Britain, its former Empire and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present.

Explore the London Blitz

Bomb Sight: Mapping the WW2 Bomb Census makes available maps from the UK National Archives, allowing people to explore where the bombs fell on London during World War 2 and discover memories and photographs from the period.

Battle of Britain

The Royal Airforce’s official website of the Battle of Britain during World War 2, provides background information about the situation in 1940 and the various phases of the battle.

Battle of Britain

This website from the Imperial War Museum, London, includes audio descriptions of the experience of people (120 interviews) including pilots, involved in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War.

Flying bombs and rockets

This website is about attacks during the Second World War by the V1 flying bomb, also known as the doodlebug, and later the V2 rockets and their effects on parts of South London. Included are the V1 and V2 stories, a timeline, incident logs and South Londoners’ stories.

Strategic bombing campaign against Germany

From the Australian War Memorial, an overview of the Allies’ bombing campaign in Germany, with links to related topics and images.

Civilians at War

End of the Conflict

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial by Professor Richard Overy

In the aftermath of World War Two the Allies sought to bring the aggressors to justice. How did the surviving Nazi leaders give account for their actions? This article is published on BBC website.

Nuremberg war crimes trials 70 years on: a complex legacy

This article written by Jan Lemnitzer for The Conversation includes links to further readings on the topic of Nuremberg War Crimes.

The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials: An Appraisal