Bibliography of World War II

The following lists should include works of secondary literature that are concerned mainly with the origins of World War II in general or with the entry into World War II by one particular country. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • == Military history, by theater ==

Global military history • • • • • • Buchanan, Andrew. "Globalizing the Second World War," Past and Present no. 258 (February 2023): 246–281. online; also see • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Europe, by theater or front Asia, by theater or front == Military history, by type of warfare ==

Aerial warfare For general histories of national air forces, check the "specific military branches" section. For development of airplanes and technical histories, check the "science and technology" section. Aerial warfare by country Germany • United States • • Kamikaze and suicide attacks • Strategic bombing, general • • • • • • German strategic bombing of the United Kingdom • • • • • • Western Allied strategic bombing of Germany and German-occupied Europe • • • • • • • • • Land warfare For the history of specific theaters or specific units, see the respective sections. Airborne warfare and paratroopers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Amphibious warfare and naval infantry For histories of the United States Marine Corps, see the respective section under in the specific branches section. • Anti-aircraft warfare • – Released in 1955 upon the disbandment of the British Anti-Aircraft Command. ==== Armored cars ==== • • Armored warfare and tank forces • • • • • • Artillery • • • • Military fortifications • Naval warfare General • • • • Aircraft carriers • • • • • • • Convoys • Naval battles, Pacific (1941–1945) • • • • • Submarine warfare • • • • – About the sinking of SS Athenia by U30. • • • == Military history, by national militaries and national military branches ==

National militaries Canada • Germany • • • Poland, whole military • Soviet Union, whole military • • • United Kingdom, whole military • United States, whole military • Specific military branches Australia, military branches Australian Army • • Royal Australian Navy • • • • Royal Australian Air Force • • • • • • • Belgium, military branches Belgian Army • Canada, military branches Canadian Army • • • • • • • • • Royal Canadian Air Force • • • • • Royal Canadian Navy • • • France, military branches French Army • Germany, military branches German Air Force (Luftwaffe) • • German Army (Heer) • Waffen-SS • • Japan, military branches Imperial Japanese Army • Imperial Japanese Navy • New Zealand, military branches Royal New Zealand Navy • United Kingdom, military branches British Army • • • • • • • Royal Navy • • Royal Air Force • United States, military branches U.S. Army Air Forces • U.S. Army (without USAAF) • U.S. Marine Corps • U.S. Navy • • == Military history, by specific military units, formations and warships ==

== Military history, war crimes ==

Works that are mainly concerned with war crimes trials and persecution of war criminals after the conclusion of the war should be placed in the appropriate list in the "Aftermath of World War" section. Allied war crimes American war crimes • Soviet war crimes • Axis war crimes Croatian war crimes • German war crimes • • • • • • • • • • • • == Military history, occupation and occupied territories ==

• • • American occupation Occupation after 1945 should be covered in the postwar section. • • • American occupation of Italy until 1945 • British occupation Occupation after 1945 should be covered in the postwar section. • • British occupation of Italy until 1945 • German occupation • • • • • • German occupation of Belgium • • • German occupation of Denmark • German occupation of France • • German occupation of Italy • • • • German occupation of Norway • • German occupation of Poland • German occupation of the Soviet Union • • • German occupation of Yugoslavia • Japanese occupation Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) • == Military history, other ==

Colonial troops • United Kingdom, colonial troops • – Bechuanaland Protectorate (Botswana) forces • – Basutoland (Lesotho) • – Anglo-Egyptian Sudan • – Bechuanaland Protectorate (Botswana) forces Grand strategy Allied grand strategy • • • Axis grand strategy • • • Insignia and military symbols • • • • • Prisoners of war • • Resistance • == National and regional histories of World War II ==

The following lists should include works focussed mainly on the history of a particular nation, state, or country during World War II. Histories of sovereign states as well as of colonial subjects and of cultural regions are of interest. Histories concerned with a particular theater of war should be placed in military history. For instance, a history of Poland during World War II should be placed in this section, but a history on 1939 invasion should be placed in the respective segment in the military history section. Africa Colonial names should be sorted alphabetically after their colonial name without colonial overlord identifiers. Colonial identifiers should be added with a comma, current countries names should be placed in brackets. General • • Basutoland, British (Lesotho) • Bechuanaland, British (Botswana) • • ==== Ethiopia/Abyssinia ==== • • • North Africa, French (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) • Northern Rhodesia, British (Zambia) • South Africa • Asia Note that the Middle East has its own section. China • • • • • • • • • • • India, British • Indochina, French (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos) • Iraq • • Japan • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Thailand • • The Americas Argentina • • • Brazil • • Canada • • • • • • • • • • • • • Chile • United States • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Europe Austria Austria was part of Germany between 1938 and 1945 (see: Anschluss). This section contains books relevant specifically to that segment of the German Reich in the timeframe or to the postwar Republic of Austria in its relationship to World War II. • • • Belgium • • • Bulgaria • • Croatia • • Denmark • Estonia • • Finland • • • • • • France • • • • • • • Germany For books specifically about German-owned Austria between 1938 and 1945, see the "Austria" section. • • • • • • • Hungary • • • • Ireland • • • • Italy (Kingdom) • • • Latvia • • Lithuania • • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • • • • • • Portugal • • • Romania • • • • Soviet Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • – historiography • • • Spain • • • Sweden • • Switzerland • • • • • Turkey • • • • • • United Kingdom • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Yugoslavia • • • The Middle East • • • • • Egypt • • • Fr. Syria (Syria, Lebanon) • Iran • ==== Palestine ==== • • • • • • • • Oceania Australia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New Zealand • • • == Science and technology ==

Aircraft development and specific aircraft types • Germany • • Japan • United Kingdom • • United States • • • • • • Jet engines • Nuclear technology and atomic weapons • == Secondary literature, other ==

Animals • • • • • • • • Art and artists • • • • • • • • • Italy • • • • Soviet Union • United Kingdom • United States • • • • • • Biographies and person-focussed works ''The following lists should include works of secondary literature concerned with a singular person that participated in World War II, as well as with the context and content of that service. These books can either be full biographies or be person-focussed studies of the respective subject's wartime service. The subjects of the biography should be listed (preferably wikilinked) after the respective bibliographical entry to ease searching.'' Collections of biographies • Military, generals/admirals France, biographies of generals/admirals • – Charles de Gaulle Germany, biographies of generals/admirals • – Wilhelm Canaris • – Wilhelm Canaris • – Erich Raeder • – Wilhelm Canaris • – Wilhelm Canaris • – Erwin Rommel • – Heinz Guderian Japan, biographies of generals/admirals • – Isoroku Yamamoto • – Matome Ugaki Soviet Union, biographies of generals/admirals • – Georgy Zhukov United Kingdom, biographies of generals/admirals • – Harold Alexander • – Harold Alexander • • – Harold Alexander United States, biographies of generals/admirals • – Dwight D. Eisenhower • – Dwight D. Eisenhower • – Dwight D. Eisenhower • – Dwight D. Eisenhower • – Claire Chennault • – Keith Argraves • – Dwight D. Eisenhower • – Dwight D. Eisenhower • – Dwight D. Eisenhower • – Dwight D. Eisenhower • – Dwight D. Eisenhower; George S. Patton; Omar Bradley • – Dwight D. Eisenhower • – Douglas MacArthur • – Dwight D. Eisenhower • – George C. Marshall • – Dwight D. Eisenhower • – Dwight D. Eisenhower Yugoslavia • – Draža Mihailović Military, other Canada, biographies of military personnel (non-generals/admirals) • – Harold Pringle United Kingdom, biographies of military personnel (non-generals/admirals) • – James Harry Lacey • – Leonard Cheshire • – Guy Gibson United States, biographies of military personnel (non-generals/admirals) • – Easy Company, 506th Infantry Regiment • – U.S. Army personnel • – B24 bomber crews, including George McGovern • – John F. Kennedy • – Herman Perry • – Gene Moore Politicians, political leaders, monarchs This section should be limited to those persons who were politicians and political leaders during World War II. Postwar political leaders should be placed in the sections relevant to their wartime experience. Australia, biographies of political figures • – John Curtin Belgium, biographies of political figures • – Leopold III of Belgium • – Leopold III of Belgium France, biographies of political figures • – Charles de Gaulle Germany, biographies of political figures • – Adolf Hitler • – Reinhard Heydrich • – Adolf Hitler • – Adolf Hitler • – Adolf Hitler • – Adolf Hitler • – Heinrich Himmler • – Joseph Goebbels • – Martin Bormann • – Albert Speer • – Martin Bormann Soviet Union, biographies of political figures • – Lavrentiy Beria • – Joseph Stalin United Kingdom, biographies of political figures • – Winston Churchill • – Winston Churchill United States, biographies of political figures • – Franklin D. Roosevelt; Henry Morgenthau Jr. • – Harry S. Truman Scientists United States, biographies of scientists • Writers and poets Soviet Union, biographies of writers/poets • – Vasily Grossman Victims of genocide or ethnoracial persecution/oppression Holocaust • – Herschel Grynszpan Japanese Americans • – victims of the internment of Japanese Americans Porajmos • – survivors of Lety concentration camp Victims of warfare Japan • – Sadako Sasaki Diplomatic history • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Economic history, resource production, agriculture • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Intelligence and espionage • • • • • • • • • • • • Literature and fiction • Official histories • • – Not technically an official history by the German government, however issued under the supervision of and funded and published by the Military History Research Office, an agency of the German Bundeswehr. Total of 13 volumes, with the two final volumes yet to be translated to English. • • • • • History of the Second World War – United Kingdom, 97 volumes • • • • • • Senshi Sōsho – 102 volumes in the Japanese language; 3 volumes translated to English. • • Mass media • • Women's history Biographies of individual women are to be found in the biographies section. Sexual assault and rape during World War II • Women in combat roles during World War II • Women's history, by country Australia • • Soviet Union • United Kingdom • • • United States • • • • == Aftermath of World War II ==

The following lists should include works of secondary literature concerned with the immediate and short-term aftermath of World War II, giving strong priority to such works that describe said events in specific relation and reference to World War II. General • • • • • Establishment of the Eastern bloc • Expulsion and refugee movements • • • Fugitive war criminals • Liberated territories • Postwar occupation Germany • • • • {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Jähner |first=Harald |title=Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955 |publisher=Knopf |year=2022 |isbn=978-0-59-3319-734 • • • • Japan • War crimes trials Germany • • Japan • == Direct accounts and primary literature ==

Diaries, letter collections, transcripts of private conversations The following lists should include diaries or letter collections written (at least partially) during World War II. The list should be focussed on works that were written during the war for either personal or restricted private consumption, and without authorial intent for widespread publication. Civilians Belgium, civilian diaries • Germany, civilian diaries • — Initially published anonymously; deals intensively with the rape of German women by Soviet troops. • • • Netherlands, civilian diaries • United Kingdom, civilian diaries • United States, civilian diaries • • • Military Australia, military diaries • Canada, military diaries • Germany, military diaries • • United Kingdom, military diaries • • • • • • • United States, military diaries • Politicians, political leaders, diplomats Canada, politician diaries • France, politician diaries • Germany, politician diaries • • • Italy, politician diaries • • Soviet Union, politician diaries • Memoirs and autobiographies == Study aides and tertiary literature ==

Atlases • • • • • • – 7 volumes are viewable at archive.org • • • • • • Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and lexicons The following list should include encyclopedias of World War II, i.e. reference works or compendiums containing multiple short entries that are sorted alphabetically. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Source collections The following list should include source collections, i.e. collections of primary documents or accounts about or in reference to World War II. • • • • • • Bibliographies This list should include bibliographies, i.e. listings of books, about World War II. • • • • • • • • == See also ==