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

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

• Sister cityNarrower topic: The devastation and divisions left by the war created urgency for reconciliation between European communities.

• 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.

• USS ArizonaNarrower topic: The attack that sank Arizona brought the United States into the war.

• Uwe JohnsonNarrower topic: Its aftermath shaped the displacements and contested memories central to Johnson’s fiction.

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

• Vera LynnNarrower topic: The war transformed Lynn from a popular singer into a national symbol.

• 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.

• Aftermath of World War INarrower topic: Unresolved postwar grievances and political crises contributed to conditions that preceded it.

• Alan MooreheadNarrower topic: His dispatches and books drew on reporting across several Allied campaigns.

• 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.

• Arthur HaileyNarrower topic: Wartime service shaped Hailey’s early adult years before his writing career.

• 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.

• Callum TurnerNarrower topic: Masters of the Air places Turner's character within the historical air war.

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

• Carole LandisNarrower topic: The war expanded Landis's public role through overseas entertainment tours.

• Causes of World War IINarrower topic: It was the conflict produced by the developments traced on this page.

• 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.

• Flight and expulsion of GermansNarrower topic: German occupation and defeat transformed borders and triggered the displacement.

• GoalballNarrower topic: The need for rehabilitation among blinded veterans helped motivate goalball’s creation.

• 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 EuropeBroader topic: Its devastation and aftermath divided Europe and shaped postwar institutions.

• 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.

• Howard K. SmithNarrower topic: Smith’s European reporting for CBS began during the war.

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

• J. M. G. Le ClézioRelated: The conflict shaped his childhood and appears in later stories of exile and historical rupture.

• Jack HigginsRelated: The conflict supplies the setting and political stakes for several of Higgins’s best-known novels.

• James A. MichenerRelated: Michener served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific, supplying experience for Tales of the South Pacific.

• James Stewart (actor)Narrower topic: Stewart’s combat service made his Hollywood stardom unusual among leading actors of his generation.

• Jeannette RankinNarrower topic: Her second term opened amid the U.S. entry into this war.

• John T. ThompsonRelated: The U.S. military adopted Thompson submachine guns extensively during the war.