Someone care to help me with my History Class Topic(s)? - WWII History

[MeesterJackson]

A little comedy: D'okay so imma just point this out Me + Writing the actual Essay = Awesome. Me + Finding material on a topic I don't know much about for an Essay = I suck at it. 

 

Ok then, so now that, that is out of the way, I have 2 topics from my WWII class that I have chosen. 

 

1. The aftermath of WWII and the effect it had on the socioeconomic status of Eastern European countries. 

 

2. Israel and Palestine and how they've been at war since WWII, talking about how they've been unstable since the end of WWII, and how the European countries (more so Britain and France) carved out the Palestinians and the Israeli's "Stahn" countries, etc. 

 

I only need ONE of these 2 topics. 

 

I feel like the second one will have more info as it, not only has more to talk about, but I believe it's still an issue as of today (from what I remember). All I need is a few outside sources and a few legitimate websites to cite in my Essay and I'm golden.

 

I'd REALLY appreciate it so thanks if you do help. ^^

 

A NOTE: If I don't respond to how I feel about one of your sources right away, it's probably because I'm running off doing an errand for my mother because Friday is always a busy day for me. Once I return I'll be checking this thread constantly, and looking up sources and info on whichever topic you all have seemed to pick the most.  

[techswede]

First one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_II
Second one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict

 

Yes i know that wikipedia is not a good source. But it's a collection of materials and events that you could build upon.

[TheHolyCawCaw]

I would have a lot of Palestine and Isreal but that would be in French as it was part of what I learned last year in history^^

[Volbet]

Does it have to be those subjects specifically?

Because both can be hard to find sources for online. Usually history text books do a much better job, than online articles

But since Eastern Europe is what I know most about, I'm going on a source search.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovietization_of_the_Baltic_states (use Wikipedia's sources)

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/how-communism-took-over-eastern-europe-after-world-war-ii/263938/

 

I can also recommend looking into the Soviet sphere of influence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Empire

Unfortunatly most sources are in Russian.

Basically look into the Warszaw pact and COMECON.

Also the Greek civil war.

Both of these sources seem kinda biased

http://www.coldwar.org/articles/40s/GreekCivilWar1945-1949.asp

http://www.marxists.org/subject/greek-civil-war/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Civil_War

[TheHolyCawCaw]

Yeah go with the 2nd one it's way better

 

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/palestine_1918_to_1948.htm

 

http://www.globalissues.org/article/119/the-middle-east-conflict-a-brief-background 2nd paragraph

 

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/439645/Palestine/45070/World-War-II

 

http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/what-the-fight-in-israel-is-all-about/ <----video inclusive

[MeesterJackson]

First one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_II

Second one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict

 

Yes i know that wikipedia is not a good source. But it's a collection of materials and events that you could build upon.

Hmm thanks, I'll have to give this a bit of a read, it'll work for just general knowledge. 

 

Actually, believe it or not, our WWII teacher is actually pro Wikipedia, blew the classes mind. We just can't use it as an outside source to cite in our paper. 

 

Does it have to be those subjects specifically?

Because both can be hard to find sources for online. Usually history text books do a much better job, than online articles

But since Eastern Europe is what I know most about, I'm going on a source search.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovietization_of_the_Baltic_states (use Wikipedia's sources)

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/how-communism-took-over-eastern-europe-after-world-war-ii/263938/

 

I can also recommend looking into the Soviet sphere of influence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Empire

Unfortunatly most sources are in Russian.

Basically look into the Warszaw pact and COMECON.

Also the Greek civil war.

Both of these sources seem kinda biased

http://www.coldwar.org/articles/40s/GreekCivilWar1945-1949.asp

http://www.marxists.org/subject/greek-civil-war/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Civil_War

Well...no not necessarily, but I already had a topic idea thing on here like 3-4ish weeks ago and that wound up being several pages of a thread because it slowly became rather confusing, as most weren't really doing what the teacher (my teacher that is) wanted for the topic. 

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/235694-soanyone-here-know-a-lot-about-wwii/ As you can see it took awhile. 

 

Thanks for the links btw. 

 

Yeah go with the 2nd one it's way better

 

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/palestine_1918_to_1948.htm

 

http://www.globalissues.org/article/119/the-middle-east-conflict-a-brief-background 2nd paragraph

 

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/439645/Palestine/45070/World-War-II

 

http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/what-the-fight-in-israel-is-all-about/ <----video inclusive

Thank you. ^^ 

[techswede]

Hmm thanks, I'll have to give this a bit of a read, it'll work for just general knowledge. 

 

Actually, believe it or not, our WWII teacher is actually pro Wikipedia, blew the classes mind. We just can't use it as an outside source to cite in our paper. 

I was just about to recoil in horror at that teaching no-no... But then i realized that im studying to become a historian and i pointed to wikipedia.. Pot calling kettle black springs to mind..

[MeesterJackson]

I was just about to recoil in horror at that teaching no-no... But then i realized that im studying to become a historian and i pointed to wikipedia.. Pot calling kettle black springs to mind..

It's not like she consistently recommends it, she just tells us to be careful from time to time and it's an option.