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:Also available on the pay website [[Findmypast]] as the searchable database [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/the-war-illustrated-1939-1947?SearchedRecordsetRegion=World&sourceID=13&utm_source=affiliate&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wiki.fibis.org&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=%20fmp_uk&awc=2114 The War Illustrated 1939-1947] located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Second World War. There appears to be a complete range of all editions. If browsing the various editions, not all pages may appear in the search results, however you can navigate from page to page when looking at the text, and it appears that all pages are available.
:[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22Second%20Great%20War%22%29 ''The Second Great War. A Standard History''] edited by Sir John Hammerton. Note, includes text of some historic documents which may not be readily available elsewhere. Links to nine volumes, most of which have poor quality scanned images, and some have poor scanned text quality in addition. Two volumes which contain the best scanned images [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.509471/page/n9 Vol 3] and [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.509493/page/n7 Vol 9], are however somewhat confusing to read online, as they have been divided into two and three files, respectively, which are shown in blue below the book reader bar at the foot of the book (as at 2019 June).
*''Purnell's History of the 20th Century'', in ten volumes, published 1971. WW2 period [https://archive.org/details/purnellshistoryo07newy/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 7], [https://archive.org/details/purnellshistoryo08newy/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 8]. ''20th Century'' published by Purnell Reference Books. 1979 revised edition in twenty volumes. Pre-WW2 period [https://archive.org/details/20thcentury07milw/page/n7/mode/2up Vol.7],[https://archive.org/details/20thcentury08milw/page/n7/mode/2up Vol.8], [https://archive.org/details/20thcentury09milw/page/n7/mode/2up Vol.9], [https://archive.org/details/20thcentury10milw/page/n7/mode/2up Vol.10], [https://archive.org/details/20thcentury11milw/page/n7/mode/2up Vol.11], [https://archive.org/details/20thcentury12milw/page/n7/mode/2up Vol.12] All Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*''The Second World War'' by Winston S Churchill
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211070 ''Volume I: The Gathering Storm''] 2nd impression 1948. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.65259 ''Volume II: Their Finest Hour''] 3rd edition 1951, first published 1949. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.4696 ''Volume III: The Grand Alliance''] 1950. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.65226 ''Volume IV The Hinge of Fate''] 1951. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209869 ''Volume Five: Closing the Ring''] 6th impression 1961, first published 1952. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.234099 ''Volume VI: Triumph and Tragedy''] 1954. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
