Essays and Research Papers on Europe & The World Wars

This 8 page paper is an overview of the U.S. involvement in the Pacific theater of operations in WWII. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page book review that examines Winston Churchill’s World War II memoir. Churchill, as Prime Minister of Great Britain, played a pivotal role in the cataclysmic conflict known as World War II. After the war, Churchill focused on his considerable literary talent and penned a six volume, comprehensive history of the WWII, offering insights ...

This 6 page paper discusses the question of whether leaders control events or are controlled by them, and argues that both scenarios apply at different times. Leaders are likely to control events when they begin, then find they have gone out of control. General Custer, Adolf Hitler and Pres. Bush are used as historical examples ...

A 3 page look at A Summer Bright and Terrible by David Fisher. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page report on the book Hitler’s Army by Omer Bartov. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper examines this author's book The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I. Various issues about the American people and Fleming's ideas are noted. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 11 page paper evaluates the various causes of WWI. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 10 page paper discusses various intelligence agencies that operated during World War II; it concentrates on Britain, Russia, Germany and the U.S. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses Mussolini's relationship with Margherita Sarfatti-Grassini and their thinking about the role of the state in art, and how Remarque and Kollwitz defied them. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

In ten pages this paper examines the February 1943 battle of Kasserine Pass during the North Africa (Tunisia) campaign from the U.S. perspective. Eight sources are listed in the bibliography. TGkasspass.rtf

A 6 page paper which examines and analyzes Stalin, Stalinism, and the Bolshevik movement or revolution. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper profiles Claus Von Stauffenberg and details his plot to kill Hitler on July 20, 1944. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper briefly discusses various strategic decisions in WWII. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 10 page paper discusses the rise of fascism in Italy, with an emphasis on Mussolini. It also briefly discusses the position of women in Fascist Italy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This three page paper discusses the inspiring qualities of Winston Churchill and how he could serve as a role model today. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

In four pages this paper discusses how military innovation is not solely influenced by technology, but is also profoundly influenced by a country’s economic considerations and doctrine of national objectives. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 4 page paper which examines the Jewish experience in the Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

In three pages this paper considers the effects the First World War had on Australia. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 6 page paper examines the Korean War and argues that it is an important physical manifestation of the cold war. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page overview of some of the most decisive factors in these wars. This paper outlines the importance of each nation’s role in the Grand Alliance of World War II and compares the leadership of Woodrow Wilson with that of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 10 page paper discusses Neville Chamberlain’s attempt to appease Hitler by signing away the Sudetenland in the Munich Agreement of 1938. It argues that there are many good reasons why Chamberlain acted as he did and that he is not the spineless villain so many people have painted him. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 10 page research paper that draws on primary documents in order to discuss the various resistance movements that arose against Hitler during the Nazi era and World War II. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the cold war. Was it just a battle between freedom and slavery? The paper examines this idea that seemed to be embraced by the people at the time. Bibliography lists 1 source.

All Quiet on the Western Front : A 3 page paper which examines how and why WWI was such a horrific war, as seen in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page paper contends that German mindset before World War I was focused on war even in the absence of provocation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.