World War II

The global conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. World War II is also known as the Second World War. It involved the majority of the world's nations, eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries.

This category includes non-fiction books as well as historical novels that are set during World War II.
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No Light but the Stars
Strangers in Time
Family of Spies
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The Rose Arbor
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Westerly: A Novel
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The Paris Library
The Warsaw Orphan
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Great Circle
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World War II Fiction
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Best War Novels
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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The Alice Network

Hugo Woolley
The Times 2 July 1952 WAS BRITISH BARONESS WORKING FOR THE NAZIS IN PARIS? By Philip Bing-Wallace It was alleged that Baroness Freya Saumures (who claimed to be of Swedish descent but is a British subject) was one of the many women that entertained the Gestapo and SS during the occupation of Paris, a jury was told. At the baroness’s trial today, the Old Bailey heard Daniel Merrick-James QC, prosecuting council, astonish the jury by revealing that Baroness Freya Saumures allegedly worked with the ...more
Hugo Woolley, The Wasp Trap: Book 3 in the Charlotte's War Trilogy

J. Robert Oppenheimer
We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another. ...more
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