Suggestions??

Question

Could anyone help me with a research/topic question on the following subjects? I'm just looking for ideas...anything suggested is appreciated!

-World War II
-Russian Tsars in the 19th century
-Espionage/secret service in any point of history

Thank u!

Answer 1

World War II- How important was it to Stalin that the other Allies develop a second front? Was it only to relieve pressure off the USSR? Or did he something more devious in mind when we would be concentrating coming from the West he could gobble up Eastern Europe for himself?

Russian Tsars in the 19th Century-- Describe Czar
Nicholas II's atttiude toward monarchy and in this attitude did he bring about his own destruction? What did the assassination of Alexander II in 1881 play a role in Nicholas II of Russia's attitude toward ruling absolutely?

Espionage/Secret Service
Contrast the Union and the Confederacy espionage networks and in what manner did they reflect the overall attitude of Lincoln and Davis as to their solving their problems and ending the war sooner and not later? Describe the origination of the Pinkerton Secret Service and how they worked in the Civil war and post Civil war period?

Answer 2

Those are all huge topics and I would take one of them, any one of them, and break it down into something much more manageable ... let's say, for example, you want to do World War II ... how about the War in the Pacific, or even more narrow, Island Hopping or Pearl Harbor or Iwo Jima or the dropping of the atomic bomb.

Stay focused on one topic that isn't too large and you will do fine!

Answer 3

if I were you I would go with the WW2... there are so many individual topics you can focus on...
- pact between Germany and Russia
- Germany invades Poland (beginning of the WW2)
- D-Day (landing in Normandy)
- Genocide / Concentration camps around Europe
- Germany's allies
- North African campaign (El Alamein)
- Roosevelt vs. Churchill vs. Stalin
(there was an excellent documentary on the History channel called 'Warlords'... you may be able to find it somewhere online)
- Eastern Front (Germany invades Russia)
- Pearl Harbor (the US enter the WW2)
- Pacific war (Guadalcanal, the Philippines... )
- A-bomb
etc...

here's more info...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II