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

• Katharine Cook BriggsRelated: The wartime need to place women in suitable jobs spurred Myers to turn the family’s ideas into an instrument.

• László BíróRelated: The war shaped Bíró’s move from Europe to Argentina.

• Mario PuzoRelated: Puzo served in the United States Army Air Forces during the war.

• Military campaignBroader topic: Its theaters contained many interdependent campaigns coordinated across land, sea, and air.

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

• Offensive realismBroader topic: Mearsheimer interprets Nazi Germany's expansion as a drive for continental dominance.

• Paul de ManNarrower topic: The occupation of Belgium formed the setting for de Man’s early journalism.

• 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.

• Soviet famine of 1946–1947Narrower topic: Its destruction and disruption shaped the Soviet food economy after 1945.

• The Motherland CallsNarrower topic: The battle commemorated by the statue was a turning point on the war’s Eastern Front.

• 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.

• 20th centuryBroader topic: Its aftermath established new superpowers and institutions for international cooperation.

• Alistair MacLeanNarrower topic: MacLean’s service and many of his most familiar story settings are rooted in this conflict.

• 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.

• Catherine PalaceNarrower topic: The war caused the palace’s destruction and dispersal of many of its furnishings.

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

• Clarence CampbellNarrower topic: Campbell’s wartime service preceded his appointment as NHL president.

• 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.

• Fighter-bomberBroader topic: The war made fighter-bombers widely useful for attacking transport, armor, and fixed targets.

• 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.

• Greer GarsonNarrower topic: Mrs. Miniver connected Garson's fame to American and British wartime morale.

• 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.

• Kenneth TynanNarrower topic: Tynan’s adolescence unfolded during the war, which formed the backdrop to his early life.

• Kurt WaldheimNarrower topic: Waldheim served in the German army during the war, a fact central to later scrutiny.

• Lee MarvinNarrower topic: His combat service in the Pacific connected his life to the war stories he later portrayed.

• 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.