causes

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese air force launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet moored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, that changed the course of World War II. Period photographs and 4-color maps of battles provide readers with an incredible learning experience, along with spellbinding eyewitness reports as sidebars.

World War II was an extremely violent war. This title examines how Hitler set about expanding German territory by force, first by annexing Czechoslovakia and then by invading Poland. When Hitler's military unleashed the Blitzkrieg campaign on Poland in September 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany and World War II began.

Presents an illustrated overview of the attitudes and events that led to the Holocaust, discussing views of Jews over the centuries, the effects of World War I, and the development of Nazism.

Discusses the explosion of the "U.S.S. Maine" in Havana harbor in February 1898, an event that provoked the United States to declare was on Spain.

Chronicles the events leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the details of the attack itself, and the ensuing reaction of the United States.

Covers the period from the Treaty of Versailles to Churchill's appointment as Prime Minister in 1940.

Describes the causes and global effects of the assassination in 1914 of archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Offers a general history of the Holocaust and addresses many of the core issues and debates surrounding it.

Discusses the people and events involved in Japan's decision to attack on Pearl Harbor, which forced the United States to enter World War II.