History of World War II: Books

Includes works from the Cambridge Histories series

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Books are catalogued using subject headings from the Library of Congress, and arranged on the shelves by call numbers. Items grouped by subject matter will allow you to browse the shelves to find similar works. Some examples of call number sections in the library:

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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- diaries
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- letters
- memoirs
- papers
- personal narratives
- sources
- speeches
- statistics
- treaties

Examples of search terms used to find WWII primary sources:
World War 1939-1945 diaries
World War 1939-1945 personal narratives
World War 1939-1945 personal narratives American
World War 1939-1945 personal narratives British
World War 1939-1945 personal narratives German
World War 1939-1945 sources

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