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Originally Posted by SinePari
All,
I'm a history major at West Point and have to choose a topic (any topic) for the writing requirement I need to complete for my Era of the Second World War class. The paper has to be around 6 pages long.
Any ideas for a topic you believe would be a good choice? I'm leaning towards something to do with D-Day.
Also, I need to do the same for my History of the Middle East class and U.S. Foreign Relations since 1898 class. Any thoughts?
For the WWII era, you could choose something on the strategy of the Allied Landings at Anzio and the subsequent battles and engagements. Here is a good summary to whet your appetite:
http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/anzio/72-19.htm
I would also suggest that you could choose lesser known theaters of war for WWII to write on, say in China or Burma. That would broaden your outlook some and what you learn may be eminently worthwhile and very relevant.
The Middle East, or Asia Minor, could prove interesting if you concentrate on a broad outlook and development. I would suggest looking at the US relationship with the Ottoman Empire/Republic of Turkey, a state at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. And given the timeframe, 1898 on - you get to intergrate the Ottoman Empire and WWI developments into your paper. It would, I predict, be a most interesting study and very enlightening.