WWII history

1940s global war

The academic field and popular genre focused on World War II (1939–1945), encompassing military campaigns, the Holocaust, the home front, and the war's global consequences.

He's really into WWII history—knows every battle in the Pacific theater.

The subject dominates history curricula, documentary programming, and military history publishing.

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Rosie the Riveter · Emperor Hirohito · Adolf Hitler · Joseph Stalin · French Resistance · Siege of Leningrad · Lend-Lease Act · war bonds · Enigma machine · Benito Mussolini · GI Bill · Holocaust · Pearl Harbor · Charles de Gaulle · Battle of Midway · Harry S. Truman · D-Day · Iwo Jima

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temporal focus

WWII historycurrent events

Recent notable happenings

breaking news · futurology · current affairs · ancient history · live reporting

subject matter

WWII historycultural history

Study of collective traditions

art history · natural history · economic history · social history · mathematics

Family

history, World War II, WWII, military history, war history

Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG