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The 483 pages that link to World War II, each with the reason it gives.

• Nancy MitfordRelated: Wartime conditions shaped Mitford’s life in London and the publication context of her breakthrough novel.

• Paul OtletRelated: German occupation and wartime disruption damaged the Mundaneum and dispersed parts of its collection.

• Peter MedawarRelated: Wartime burn treatment created the clinical setting for Medawar’s investigations of skin grafts.

• Polykarp KuschRelated: Kusch’s wartime research work preceded his postwar electron-moment measurements.

• Robert E. SherwoodRelated: Sherwood served in the Roosevelt administration and wrote works shaped by the conflict.

• Sorley MacLeanRelated: MacLean served in the war, an experience that deepened his poetry’s confrontation with violence and loss.

• The Road to SerfdomRelated: Hayek wrote amid wartime debates about planning, dictatorship, and the future of liberal institutions.

• The Tin DrumRelated: The film’s later episodes place its characters amid the war and its aftermath.

• Tove JanssonRelated: The war’s anxiety and disruption formed the backdrop to the first Moomin story.

• Alternative civilian serviceRelated: Several governments organized large-scale civilian work for conscientious objectors during the war.

• Buck O'NeilRelated: O'Neil served in the U.S. Navy during the war, interrupting his baseball career.

• Charles BronsonRelated: Bronson served in the United States Army Air Forces during the war.

• Crew cutRelated: Wartime military service broadened exposure to short, regulation-friendly haircuts.

• Elliott CarterRelated: The postwar musical climate helped frame Carter’s turn toward greater rhythmic and structural complexity.

• Eric CarleRelated: Carle’s childhood in Germany unfolded amid the war and its aftermath.

• Eugene StonerRelated: Stoner served in the U.S. Marine Corps aviation ordnance branch during the war.

• Futures studiesRelated: Wartime planning and research helped develop techniques later used in futures analysis.

• Greatest GenerationRelated: Military service and civilian support for the Allied effort anchor this generation’s identity.

• Henri de Baillet-LatourRelated: The war halted the Olympic Games and continued through the final years of Baillet-Latour’s presidency.

• John Le MesurierRelated: Le Mesurier served in the British Army during the conflict.

• Len HuttonRelated: The war interrupted Hutton’s prime cricket years and led to his army service.

• LindaneRelated: Wartime research helped establish lindane as a practical insecticide.

• Lisa FonssagrivesRelated: The war disrupted the European fashion world as Fonssagrives’s career increasingly connected with the United States.

• M1911 pistolRelated: Millions of M1911 and M1911A1 pistols were produced for U.S. forces during the war.

• Mary CartwrightRelated: The wartime effort created the practical problem behind Cartwright and Littlewood’s mathematical study.

• Mikio NaruseRelated: The war and its aftermath form the historical backdrop to several of Naruse’s postwar dramas.

• Paul BrownRelated: Military service interrupted Brown’s Ohio State coaching career before his professional breakthrough.

• Renato DulbeccoRelated: Military service and resistance activity during the war interrupted Dulbecco’s medical career in Italy.

• René CassinRelated: The fall of France drew Cassin into the Free French movement in exile.

• René LévesqueRelated: Lévesque reported from Europe during the war, an experience that made him nationally known.

• Rod SteigerRelated: Steiger served in the U.S. Navy before beginning his acting career.

• Salvatore QuasimodoRelated: The war and its aftermath reshaped the subject and public address of Quasimodo’s poetry.

• Samuel Eliot MorisonRelated: The conflict supplied the subject and setting for his official naval history.

• Sidney NolanRelated: Nolan’s wartime service in Australia coincided with the period when he began the Kelly paintings.

• The Open Society and Its EnemiesRelated: Popper composed the book during the war as European totalitarianism shaped its urgency.

• The Sankei ShimbunRelated: The newspaper's postwar development unfolded amid Japan's political and social reconstruction.

• Unity MitfordRelated: War began while Mitford was in Germany, forcing a dramatic return to Britain.

• A. E. van VogtRelated: The wartime era overlapped with van Vogt’s rise in American science fiction magazines.

• An WangRelated: Wartime demand accelerated research into electronic computing and memory technologies Wang later helped develop.

• Anatol RapoportRelated: Rapoport served in the United States Army Air Forces during the war, a formative period before his peace work.

• Betty GrableRelated: Grable’s pin-up image circulated widely among Allied servicemen during the war.

• Betty HolbertonRelated: Wartime demand for rapid calculations led to the project where Holberton became a programmer.

• Bohuslav MartinůRelated: The war forced Martinů to flee France and resettle in the United States.

• Catherine CooksonRelated: Cookson began publishing novels during the postwar period, when British society was changing.

• Chaim HerzogRelated: Herzog served in the British Army during the war, including in intelligence work.

• Charles R. DrewRelated: Wartime demand drove the large blood-collection programs Drew helped organize.

• Douglas DC-3Related: Mass military production and wartime use spread the DC-3 design worldwide.

• Emily Greene BalchRelated: Balch’s wartime activism and postwar humanitarian concerns extended her peace work into a second world war.

• European valuesRelated: The devastation made safeguards against authoritarian power central to postwar politics.

• FantaRelated: Trade restrictions during the war made Coca-Cola concentrate unavailable to its German bottler.