This is EASILY the biggest event in the history of the planet. For 8 years, the nearly the entire planet fought the deadliest war in human history. Countless books, shows, and movies have been made about WWII. In fact, WWII might be the thing you knew the most about coming into this course… WARNING: The College Board doesn’t expect you to know that much about it. So, DO NOT GET BOGGED DOWN HERE. Don’t worry about battles or people as much. Focus on what got the world into this war… and then what happened after this war. They really only want you to focus on the new weaponry in WWII for the actual fighting of the war: FIREBOMBING and NUCLEAR BOMBS. That’s it. So, watch Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan and Dunkirk later. Place WWII into the greater scheme of Unit 7, but don’t get lost here…