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History of World War II

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

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  • German invasion Poland

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  • Churchill, Winston

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  • Memoirs of the Second World War

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

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  • Author: Churchill AND Title: Memoirs

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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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