Bibliography of World War II

This is a bibliography of works on World War II. The bibliography aims to include primary, secondary and tertiary sources regarding the European theatre of World War II (1939–1945) and the Pacific War (1941–1945). By extension, it includes works regarding the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Additionally, the scope of the bibliography expands to the causes of World War II and the immediate aftermath of World War II, such as evacuation and expulsion and war crimes trials (such as the Nuremberg Trials and the Tokyo Trials). Works on the causes or the aftermath of World War II should only be included if they describe the respective events in the specific context of and relation to the conflict itself.

There are thousands of books written about World War II; therefore, this is not an all-inclusive list. This bibliography also does not aim to include fictional works (see World War II in popular culture). It does not aim to include self-published works, unless there is a very good reason to do so.

Origins of World War II
The following lists should include works of secondary literature that are concerned mainly with the origins of World War II in general or with the entry into World War II by one particular country.



Global military history

 * Buchanan, Andrew. "Globalizing the Second World War," Past and Present no. 258 (February 2023): 246–281. online; also see
 * Buchanan, Andrew. "Globalizing the Second World War," Past and Present no. 258 (February 2023): 246–281. online; also see
 * Buchanan, Andrew. "Globalizing the Second World War," Past and Present no. 258 (February 2023): 246–281. online; also see
 * Buchanan, Andrew. "Globalizing the Second World War," Past and Present no. 258 (February 2023): 246–281. online; also see
 * Buchanan, Andrew. "Globalizing the Second World War," Past and Present no. 258 (February 2023): 246–281. online; also see
 * Buchanan, Andrew. "Globalizing the Second World War," Past and Present no. 258 (February 2023): 246–281. online; also see

Aerial warfare
''For general histories of national air forces, check the "specific military branches" section. For development of airplanes and technical histories, check the "science and technology" section.''

Land warfare
For the history of specific theaters or specific units, see the respective sections.

Amphibious warfare and naval infantry
For histories of the United States Marine Corps, see the respective section under in the specific branches section.



Anti-aircraft warfare

 * – Released in 1955 upon the disbandment of the British Anti-Aircraft Command.

Submarine warfare

 * – About the sinking of SS Athenia by U30.
 * – About the sinking of SS Athenia by U30.
 * – About the sinking of SS Athenia by U30.
 * – About the sinking of SS Athenia by U30.

Military history, war crimes
Works that are mainly concerned with war crimes trials and persecution of war criminals after the conclusion of the war should be placed in the appropriate list in the "Aftermath of World War" section.

American occupation
Occupation after 1945 should be covered in the postwar section.



British occupation
Occupation after 1945 should be covered in the postwar section.



United Kingdom, colonial troops

 * – Bechuanaland Protectorate (Botswana) forces
 * – Basutoland (Lesotho)
 * – Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
 * – Bechuanaland Protectorate (Botswana) forces

National and regional histories of World War II
''The following lists should include works focussed mainly on the history of a particular nation, state, or country during World War II. Histories of sovereign states as well as of colonial subjects and of cultural regions are of interest. Histories concerned with a particular theater of war should be placed in military history. For instance, a history of Poland during World War II should be placed in this section, but a history on 1939 invasion should be placed in the respective segment in the military history section.''

Africa
''Colonial names should be sorted alphabetically after their colonial name without colonial overlord identifiers. Colonial identifiers should be added with a comma, current countries names should be placed in brackets.''

Asia
Note that the Middle East has its own section.

Austria
''Austria was part of Germany between 1938 and 1945 (see: Anschluss). This section contains books relevant specifically to that segment of the German Reich in the timeframe or to the postwar Republic of Austria in its relationship to World War II.''



Germany
For books specifically about German-owned Austria between 1938 and 1945, see the "Austria" section.

Soviet Union

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Biographies and person-focussed works
''The following lists should include works of secondary literature concerned with a singular person that participated in World War II, as well as with the context and content of that service. These books can either be full biographies or be person-focussed studies of the respective subject's wartime service. The subjects of the biography should be listed (preferably wikilinked) after the respective bibliographical entry to ease searching.''

France, biographies of generals/admirals

 * – Charles de Gaulle

Germany, biographies of generals/admirals

 * – Wilhelm Canaris
 * – Wilhelm Canaris
 * – Erich Raeder
 * – Wilhelm Canaris
 * – Wilhelm Canaris
 * – Erwin Rommel
 * – Heinz Guderian

Japan, biographies of generals/admirals

 * – Isoroku Yamamoto
 * – Matome Ugaki

Soviet Union, biographies of generals/admirals

 * – Georgy Zhukov

United Kingdom, biographies of generals/admirals

 * – Harold Alexander
 * – Harold Alexander
 * – Harold Alexander
 * – Harold Alexander

United States, biographies of generals/admirals

 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * – Claire Chennault
 * – Keith Argraves
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower; George S. Patton; Omar Bradley
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * – Douglas MacArthur
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * – George C. Marshall
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Yugoslavia

 * – Draža Mihailović

Canada, biographies of military personnel (non-generals/admirals)

 * – Harold Pringle

United Kingdom, biographies of military personnel (non-generals/admirals)

 * – James Harry Lacey
 * – Leonard Cheshire
 * – Guy Gibson

United States, biographies of military personnel (non-generals/admirals)

 * – Easy Company, 506th Infantry Regiment
 * – U.S. Army personnel
 * – B24 bomber crews, including George McGovern
 * – John F. Kennedy
 * – Herman Perry
 * – Gene Moore

Politicians, political leaders, monarchs
''This section should be limited to those persons who were politicians and political leaders during World War II. Postwar political leaders should be placed in the sections relevant to their wartime experience.''

Australia, biographies of political figures

 * – John Curtin

Belgium, biographies of political figures

 * – Leopold III of Belgium
 * – Leopold III of Belgium

France, biographies of political figures

 * – Charles de Gaulle

Germany, biographies of political figures

 * – Adolf Hitler
 * – Reinhard Heydrich
 * – Adolf Hitler
 * – Adolf Hitler
 * – Adolf Hitler
 * – Adolf Hitler
 * – Heinrich Himmler
 * – Joseph Goebbels
 * – Martin Bormann
 * – Albert Speer
 * – Martin Bormann

Soviet Union, biographies of political figures

 * – Lavrentiy Beria
 * – Joseph Stalin

United Kingdom, biographies of political figures

 * – Winston Churchill
 * – Winston Churchill

United States, biographies of political figures

 * – Franklin D. Roosevelt; Henry Morgenthau Jr.
 * – Harry S. Truman

Soviet Union, biographies of writers/poets

 * – Vasily Grossman

Holocaust

 * – Herschel Grynszpan

Japanese Americans

 * – victims of the internment of Japanese Americans

Porajmos

 * – survivors of Lety concentration camp

Japan

 * – Sadako Sasaki

Official histories

 * – Not technically an official history by the German government, however issued under the supervision of and funded and published by the Military History Research Office, an agency of the German Bundeswehr. Total of 13 volumes, with the two final volumes yet to be translated to English.
 * History of the Second World War – United Kingdom, 97 volumes
 * Senshi Sōsho – 102 volumes in the Japanese language; 3 volumes translated to English.
 * History of the Second World War – United Kingdom, 97 volumes
 * Senshi Sōsho – 102 volumes in the Japanese language; 3 volumes translated to English.
 * History of the Second World War – United Kingdom, 97 volumes
 * Senshi Sōsho – 102 volumes in the Japanese language; 3 volumes translated to English.
 * Senshi Sōsho – 102 volumes in the Japanese language; 3 volumes translated to English.
 * Senshi Sōsho – 102 volumes in the Japanese language; 3 volumes translated to English.
 * Senshi Sōsho – 102 volumes in the Japanese language; 3 volumes translated to English.
 * Senshi Sōsho – 102 volumes in the Japanese language; 3 volumes translated to English.
 * Senshi Sōsho – 102 volumes in the Japanese language; 3 volumes translated to English.
 * Senshi Sōsho – 102 volumes in the Japanese language; 3 volumes translated to English.

Women's history
Biographies of individual women are to be found in the biographies section.

Aftermath of World War II
The following lists should include works of secondary literature concerned with the immediate and short-term aftermath of World War II, giving strong priority to such works that describe said events in specific relation and reference to World War II.

Diaries, letter collections, transcripts of private conversations
''The following lists should include diaries or letter collections written (at least partially) during World War II. The list should be focussed on works that were written during the war for either personal or restricted private consumption, and without authorial intent for widespread publication.''

Germany, civilian diaries

 * — Initially published anonymously; deals intensively with the rape of German women by Soviet troops.

Atlases

 * – 7 volumes are viewable at archive.org
 * – 7 volumes are viewable at archive.org
 * – 7 volumes are viewable at archive.org
 * – 7 volumes are viewable at archive.org
 * – 7 volumes are viewable at archive.org
 * – 7 volumes are viewable at archive.org

Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and lexicons
The following list should include encyclopedias of World War II, i.e. reference works or compendiums containing multiple short entries that are sorted alphabetically.



Source collections
The following list should include source collections, i.e. collections of primary documents or accounts about or in reference to World War II.



Bibliographies
This list should include bibliographies, i.e. listings of books, about World War II.