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

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

• Tage ErlanderNarrower topic: Sweden’s wartime government and neutrality formed the political setting Erlander inherited.

• 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.

• 1930sNarrower topic: The decade ended as the European war began in 1939.

• 1940sBroader topic: The war dominated the decade and ended in 1945 with the Axis powers’ defeat.

• 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.

• Benjamin O. Davis Jr.Narrower topic: The war created the combat assignments through which Davis established his command record.

• 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.

• Clive DunnNarrower topic: Dunn’s service and captivity came during this conflict.

• 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.

• 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.

• Gravity's RainbowNarrower topic: The novel’s European settings and conspiracies emerge from the war.

• 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.

• Herman WoukNarrower topic: The war shaped Wouk’s naval experience and supplied the historical setting for his major novels.

• 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.

• Ilya EhrenburgBroader topic: His dispatches from the Eastern Front became a prominent part of Soviet wartime journalism.

• 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.

• Joseph HellerNarrower topic: Heller served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during the war, which shaped his fiction.

• 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.

• Petula ClarkNarrower topic: Wartime broadcasts and entertainments brought Clark to public attention.

• Rod SerlingNarrower topic: Serling’s combat service left a lasting mark on his writing about violence and human vulnerability.

• Rosie the RiveterNarrower topic: The painting appeared amid wartime mobilization of American industry.

• Rotary cannonNarrower topic: The demand for faster aircraft armament shaped the postwar development of rotary cannon.

• 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.