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.
The following lists should include works focussed mainly on the history of a particular nation, state, or country during World War II.
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.
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.
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.
The following list should include encyclopedias of World War II, i.e. reference works or compendiums containing multiple short entries that are sorted alphabetically.