1. The First World War, 1914–18: Battle of the Somme overview, Field Marshal Haig’s significance, Allied invasion of Turkey (Gallipoli), consequences of Gallipoli’s failure. 2. Germany, 1918–45: Stresemann’s foreign policy, Weimar cultural advancements, Nazi propaganda strategies post-1933, role of Goebbels in Nazi Germany. 3. Russia, 1905–41: Rasputin’s influence in Tsarist Russia, impact of World War I on Russia (March 1917), Stalin’s gulag system, role of the NKVD in the Soviet Union. 4. United States, 1919–41: Henry Ford’s economic contributions, effect of rising car ownership in the 1920s, Jim Crow laws′ impact on Black Americans, importance of the Ku Klux Klan. 5. The Second World War in Europe and the Asia–Pacific, 1939–c.1945: U.S. attempts to counter Japanese aggression (pre-1941), Pearl Harbor’s consequences, Japanese occupation methods, resistance movements in Japanese-occupied Malaya.