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*''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]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. (Subsequently revised in 1979 as ''20th Century'' published in twenty volumes by Purnell Reference Books).
:''The Illustrated encyclopedia of 20th century weapons and warfare'' edited by Bernard Fitzsimons. Originally published 1967-1969 by Purnell & Sons Limited. Other editions to 1978. In 24 editions, arranged alphabetically. Includes WW2. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22The+Illustrated+encyclopedia+of+20th+century+weapons+and+warfare%22%29&sort=-publicdate Broken range of editions] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Volume 24 contains an [https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc24fitz/page/2627/mode/2up Index] for the whole series.
*''The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War II : an objective, chronological, and comprehensive history of the Second World War 1985''. In 12 Volumes.
:Volume 1 not available online, [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis02baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.2 1940-1941],[https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis03baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.3 1941-1942], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis04baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.4 1942-1943], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis05baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.5 1943-1944], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis06baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.6 1944],[https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis07baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.7 1944], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis08baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.8 1944-1945], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis09baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.9 1944-1945], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis10baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.10 1945-1946],[https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis11baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.11 1939-1946], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis12baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.12 Biliography and Index] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:There are also some earlier editions published 1972 from a 25 Volume series with a similar title, and one volume from a 1981 series [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28Marshall+Cavendish%29+AND+title%3A%28World+War+II%29&sort=date Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library], including [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis01baue/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 1]
*''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.
