Title: Historiography of World War II - Wikipedia
Headings: Historiography of World War II
Historiography of World War II
Contents
Historiographical viewpoints
Self esteem and glory
Blame
Canada
Taylor The Origins of the Second World War (1961)
Battle of France, 1940
Eastern Front
War crimes of the Wehrmacht
Davies
Holocaust denial
German-occupied Europe
Common themes: heroic liberation from Nazis
Denmark
France
Resistance
Vichy
Collaboration
Civilian conditions
Alsace Lorraine
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
USSR
Women
References
Further reading

Content: 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. Contents
1 Historiographical viewpoints
1.1 Self esteem and glory
1.2 Blame
1.3 Canada
2 Taylor The Origins of the Second World War (1961)
3 Battle of France, 1940
4 Eastern Front
4.1 War crimes of the Wehrmacht
4.2 Davies
4.3 Holocaust denial
5 German-occupied Europe
5.1 Common themes: heroic liberation from Nazis
5.2 Denmark
5.3 France
5.3.1 Resistance
5.3.2 Vichy
5.3.3 Collaboration
5.3.4 Civilian conditions
5.3.5 Alsace Lorraine
5.4 Netherlands
5.5 Norway
5.6 Poland
5.7 USSR
6 Women
7 References
8 Further reading
Historiographical viewpoints
Self esteem and glory
R.J. Bosworth argues the major powers have experienced intellectual conflict in interpreting their wartime stories. Some have ignored the central issues. Germany and, to a much lesser extent, Japan have experienced a collective self-analysis. But these two, as well as Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy, have largely ignored many roles and have looked instead for glory even when it was lacking. Blame
Blame as the driving force during World War II, is a widely known orthodox perspective.