Historiography of World War II | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-16

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00:03:33 1 Historiographical viewpoints
00:03:44 1.1 Self esteem and glory
00:04:29 1.2 Blame
00:06:07 1.3 Canada
00:08:01 2 Taylor iThe Origins of the Second World War/i (1961)
00:12:41 3 Battle of France, 1940
00:15:34 4 Eastern Front
00:18:43 4.1 War crimes of the Wehrmacht
00:19:40 4.2 Davies
00:20:58 4.3 Holocaust denial
00:21:38 5 German-occupied Europe
00:22:24 5.1 Common themes: heroic liberation from Nazis
00:24:03 5.2 Denmark
00:26:57 5.3 France
00:27:06 5.3.1 Resistance
00:27:26 5.3.2 Vichy
00:27:50 5.3.3 Collaboration
00:28:10 5.3.4 Civilian conditions
00:28:31 5.3.5 Alsace  Lorraine
00:29:23 5.4 Netherlands
00:30:05 5.5 Norway
00:30:26 5.6 Poland
00:31:21 5.7 USSR



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The Historiography of World War II is the study of how historians portray the causes, conduct, and outcomes of World War II.
There are different perspectives on the causes of the war; the three most prominent are the Orthodox from the 1950s, Revisionist from the 1970s, and Post-Revisionism which offers the most contemporary perspective.  The orthodox perspective arose during the aftermath of the war. The main historian noted for this perspective is Hugh Trevor-Roper.  Orthodox historians argue that Hitler was a master planner who intentionally started World War II due to his strong beliefs on fascism, expansionism, and the supremacy of the German State. Revisionist historians argue that it was an ordinary war by world standards and that Hitler was an opportunist of the sort who commonly appears in world history; he merely took advantage of the opportunities given to him. This viewpoint became popular in the 1970s, especially in the revisionism of A. J. P. Taylor. Throughout the course of the war, orthodox historians argue as if the Axis powers were a sort of evil consuming the world with their powerful message and malignant ideology, while the Allied powers were trying to protect democracy and freedom.  Post-revisionist historians of the causes, such as Alan Bullock, argue that the cause of the War was a matter of both the evil and the banal.   Essentially Hitler was a strategist with clear aims and objectives, that would not have been achievable without taking advantage of the opportunities given to him. Each perspective of World War II offers an insightful analysis and allows us to expand our curiosity on the blame, conduct and causes of the war.
On the result of the war, historians in countries occupied by the Nazis developed strikingly similar interpretations celebrating a victory against great odds, with national liberation based on national unity. That unity is repeatedly described as the greatest source of future strength. Historians in common glorified the resistance movement (somewhat to the neglect of the invaders who actually overthrew the Nazis). There is great stress on heroes — including celebrities such as Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill and Josip Broz Tito — but also countless brave partisans and members of the resistance. Women rarely played a role in the celebrity or the histories, although since the 1990s, social historians have been piecing together the role of women on the home fronts.  In recent years much scholarly attention has focused on how popular memories were constructed through selection, and how commemorations are held.