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Topic 7.6: Causes of World War II

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Additional Resources

Additional resources supporting Topic 7.6: Causes of World War II from AMSCO® Advanced Placement® World History: Modern [1200–Present].

OpenStax Text

The following references and links are to the OpenStax Text, World History Volume 2, from 1400.

Resource

Book Page(s)

Online

12.3 The Great Depression

495–498

12.4 Old Empires and New Colonies

498–505

12.5 Resistanc, Civil Rights, and Democracy

505–513

13.1 An Unstable Peace

525–537

13.2 Theaters of War

537–546

Kordas, Ann, Ryan J Lynch, Brooke Nelson, and Julie Tatlock. World History Volume 2, from 1400. Houston, Texas: OpenStax, 2025.

OpenStax Text materials are © 1999-2025, Rice University. Except where otherwise noted, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.


Video Resources

The following video resources are have been created by various authors and supplement the Topic 7.6: Causes of World War II from AMSCO® Advanced Placement® World History: Modern [1200–Present].

The Causes of World War II, Explained

"The Causes of World War II, Explained" by Steve Heimler from Heimler's History Channel (YouTube).

World War II

"World History Review: World War II" by Keith Hughes from Hiphughes History (YouTube).

World War II

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The link for the video below is age-restricted and only available on YouTube.

"World War II: Crash Course World History #38" by John Green from Crash Course (YouTube).

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