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

• Forrest Mars Sr.Related: Wartime demand for heat-resistant chocolate helped create the conditions for M&M’s.

• Gertrude B. ElionRelated: Wartime labor shortages opened industrial chemistry jobs that helped Elion enter research.

• Hans Georg DehmeltRelated: Dehmelt’s university studies were interrupted by military service during the war.

• Heinrich HarrerRelated: The war turned Harrer’s Himalayan expedition into years of captivity and escape.

• History of AustriaRelated: Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany and later occupied by the Allies.

• History of GermanyRelated: Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland began the war in Europe.

• InformalismRelated: The rupture of war formed the historical setting for Informalism’s rejection of stable conventions.

• James ArnessRelated: Arness served in the United States Army during the war and was wounded at Anzio.

• Jeanne CalmentRelated: Calment lived in Arles during the German occupation of southern France.

• Julius EvolaRelated: Evola was injured during the war and later became a prominent far-right intellectual in postwar Italy.

• Keisuke KinoshitaRelated: Wartime experience and its aftermath inform the grief and antiwar perspective of several Kinoshita films.

• Kon IchikawaRelated: The war’s aftermath and Japanese military experience underpin his two best-known antiwar films.

• KurówRelated: German occupation and wartime persecution transformed Kurów and its population.

• Lockheed ConstellationRelated: Wartime priorities redirected the early Constellation from airline service to military transport.

• Medium bomberRelated: Mass production and varied theaters made medium bombers a major wartime aircraft class.

• Mere ChristianityRelated: Lewis's broadcasts were delivered to a British public living through wartime uncertainty.

• MolloyRelated: Beckett’s wartime experience and the postwar setting frame the period in which Molloy took shape.

• P. D. JamesRelated: The war disrupted James’s education and shaped the circumstances of her early adulthood.

• Saint-John PerseRelated: The fall of France and Vichy government’s actions drove Leger into exile in the United States.

• SaseboRelated: Wartime naval activity and postwar occupation reshaped Sasebo and its harbor.

• Short twentieth centuryRelated: Its destruction and aftermath divide the period into sharply different phases.

• Steve ReevesRelated: Reeves served in the United States Army during the war before beginning his bodybuilding career.

• Tennessee Ernie FordRelated: Ford served in the United States Army Air Forces during the war before returning to broadcasting.

• TetrylRelated: Large-scale wartime munitions production expanded tetryl’s use in detonators and booster charges.

• V signRelated: The V for victory campaign gave the sign international wartime prominence.

• W. G. SebaldRelated: Its destruction and aftermath haunt Sebald’s accounts of German memory and European history.

• Warmian–Masurian VoivodeshipRelated: The war’s aftermath transferred the region to Poland and brought mass population change.

• Warren SpahnRelated: Military service during the war interrupted Spahn’s early major-league career.

• Whirlwind IRelated: Wartime aircraft-control problems helped motivate MIT’s computer research.

• Alfredo BaldomirRelated: Baldomir’s administration managed Uruguay’s neutrality and relations with the belligerents during the war.

• Aly KhanRelated: Aly Khan served in the Allied war effort before entering postwar diplomacy.

• Basil BuntingRelated: Bunting served in British military intelligence during the war, interrupting his literary life.

• Beate Uhse-RotermundRelated: Her wartime flying career preceded the business she founded after Germany's defeat.

• CarbonaraRelated: One influential origin account links carbonara’s emergence to postwar Rome and Allied rations.

• Cecil Frank PowellRelated: Postwar collaborations and equipment enabled the cosmic-ray work that led to Powell’s discovery.

• Contemporary eraRelated: Its end is a common boundary for the contemporary period.

• David MaloufRelated: Australian prisoners of war and wartime experience form a central strand of The Great World.

• Decolonisation of AfricaRelated: The war weakened European empires and strengthened claims that colonial rule contradicted wartime promises of freedom.

• Dino BuzzatiRelated: The war formed the historical backdrop to the publication of The Tartar Steppe in 1940.

• Donald PleasenceRelated: Pleasence served in the Royal Air Force and was captured during the war.

• Élie LescotRelated: Haiti declared war on the Axis during Lescot’s alignment with the Allies.

• Elizabeth RonaRelated: The war and Nazi persecution forced Rona to leave Europe and rebuild her career in the United States.

• Etel AdnanRelated: Adnan spent her childhood in wartime Beirut, a formative setting for her later accounts of conflict.

• Gregor PiatigorskyRelated: The war disrupted Piatigorsky's education and led his family to leave the Soviet Union.

• György CziffraRelated: The war interrupted Cziffra’s early career and led to his service and captivity.

• History of LiechtensteinRelated: Liechtenstein remained neutral, while the war disrupted its European dynastic and economic ties.

• History of the social sciencesRelated: Wartime funding and expertise accelerated several social sciences and research methods.

• History of the United KingdomRelated: Wartime mobilization and victory accelerated social change and weakened imperial power.

• HMXRelated: HMX emerged from wartime efforts to develop powerful military explosives.

• Hugh GriffithRelated: Griffith served in the British Army during the war, interrupting his early acting career.