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It not only witnessed the holocaust and the nuclear bombings of japan, but became the deadliest conflict in. However, labour shortages soon forced the government to allow women a more active role. I find that some of the books are written by authors from nations that won the war and portray the axis powers as pure evil. Free ebooks, world war ii, military history, nook books barnes.
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