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17 October 2026 · 1 min read

Second World War

Library / Modern history

Second World War

1939 – 1945

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Study guide

The full study guide for this topic is being prepared. Meanwhile, here is the curator's guide below.

Curator's notes

Why it matters
Created the UN, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), and the Cold War order
What to read
Antony Beevor, The Second World War; John Hersey, Hiroshima
Event or movement
Second World War
Dates
1939 – 1945
What happened
About 70 – 85 million dead; atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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