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History of World War II

A research guide for History 328: Axis and Allies, The History of World War II

Finding Books

Searching the Catalog

By All Fields - use keywords to search topic broadly

  • German invasion Poland

By Author - search for works by an author

  • Churchill, Winston

By Title - search for a specific book title

  • Memoirs of the Second World War

By Subject - use subject headings to pinpoint works on topic

  • World War 1939-1945
  • World War 1939-1945 bibliography
  • World War 1939-1945 Poland
  • World War 1939-1945 campaigns Poland

By Advanced Search - use combination of searches

  • Author: Churchill AND Title: Memoirs

History eBook Collections

Library of Congress Call Numbers

Most materials about World War II will be located within one of the following call number ranges:

  • D 720 - D 728 = Interwar years (1919-1939)
  • D 731 - D 838 = World War II (1939-1945)
  • D 839 - D 860 = Post-war history (1945- )
  • DD 253 - DD 256.8 = Hitler, National Socialism 1933-1945
  • DS 833 - DS 891.5 = Japan history
  • U 1 - UH 910 = Military science
  • V 1 - VM 989 = Naval science

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