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Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
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WORLD WAR II

(See also War; Weapons)

(Note centered headings below: List by Place; Quotations)

attempt to prevent: yb73 115

beginning: g85 10/8 11; yb73 119; w71 719; g70 4/8 29; fm 51; ns 334; w60 59; yw 277; nh 277; g42 3/18 5-6; w41 295-296; g39 11/15 28-29

casualties: g85 4/8 10; g84 10/22 6; w83 6/1 7; w81 1/15 11; kc 121; tr 87-88; g81 1/8 11; w80 10/15 15; hp 147; w79 1/1 3; w79 8/1 4; w79 11/1 4; gh 86; w75 633-634; sl 9; g75 8/22 18; tp73 82; g72 5/22 5; g71 10/8 16-17; w69 69-70; fm 51; w67 199; ev 165; g63 2/22 5; w61 627; g61 2/22 7; g60 10/22 5; w59 260; w58 323-324; g54 12/22 10; g47 9/8 6; g46 1/30 27; g46 6/19 29

for both world wars: w83 4/1 6; w78 1/1 14; w78 1/15 9; gh 148

German soldiers: g77 5/8 21

Soviet soldiers: g77 5/8 21

United States: g75 11/22 3

Catholic Church:

book on church’s role in, suppressed: w75 715

Hitler’s favoritism toward Catholics: g45 7/18 5; g41 2/19 23

peace: g43 4/28 5-11; g41 3/5 21; g41 10/15 10-11

Rome: g45 5/9 3-13; g44 6/7 24; g41 3/5 20, 24; g40 5/1 28

support of Axis Powers: g72 10/8 7; g60 10/8 16; g51 8/8 10-11; g50 3/8 4-6; g48 12/22 4-5; g47 4/8 24; g46 1/30 27; g46 6/19 9-10; g46 11/22 5-11; g45 1/31 12-16; g44 2/2 3-6; g44 3/1 3-16; g44 4/12 5; g43 1/6 23-24; g43 2/3 21-28; g43 4/14 7-8; g43 8/4 10-14; g42 3/18 20-23; g41 4/2 4-8, 11; g41 6/11 7-11; dm 19; g40 7/24 25; g40 8/7 13; g39 12/13 6

support of Japan: g45 12/19 22-25; g43 1/6 22-23; g43 3/31 16; g43 7/7 14; g43 8/4 11; g42 3/4 6-11

Christmas time: g61 12/8 19

clergy responsibility: g85 6/8 8-10; g85 12/8 6-7; g85 12/22 5; g78 12/22 9-10; g75 7/8 30; g72 4/22 15-17

commerce: g85 4/8 10; g44 1/5 8-13; g44 9/27 5, 7; g43 9/29 3-9; g43 10/27 12-14; g42 3/18 27; g42 7/22 11; g42 8/5 12-16; g42 12/9 4-11; g41 12/24 12; g40 2/7 3

compared with World War I: g54 12/22 11; g53 10/8 25; g47 9/8 5-7; g43 12/22 18

costs: w79 11/1 4; g68 10/8 30; w61 627; g60 10/22 5; g60 12/22 23; w58 323; g54 12/22 11; g52 3/8 15; g52 9/8 24; g47 9/8 6; g46 2/27 19

countries involved: w79 11/1 4; w59 260; g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29

discovered yearly U.S. war dead: g80 2/8 30

dividing Europe among Axis partners:

Italian aspirations: g78 11/22 29

effect of atomic blast on Hiroshima survivors: g84 4/8 22

effect on world map: g62 6/8 9-10

end: ns 348

experiences:

life story of signals leader for bomber squadron: g85 12/8 4-9

Miller, Harley: w83 11/15 10, 13-18

student relates sufferings of his relatives: g78 12/22 3-4

Havana Declaration: yb73 62

influence of weather: g61 6/8 6

length: g50 9/8 15

list of wars since: g81 5/8 8

number of—

deaths in wars since: w84 3/15 5; w84 4/15 5; g83 2/8 29; kc 121; w79 1/1 3; w75 634

peaceful days since end of: kc 121; g81 1/8 11

wars since: g85 4/8 10; w84 4/15 5; w83 4/1 7; w83 11/15 10; g83 2/8 29; g82 9/8 29; g81 4/8 25; g81 5/8 8; w75 634

oil prices: g61 3/22 24

population involved: g66 11/22 4; g64 8/22 14

postwar ammunition accidents: g83 2/22 30; g61 3/8 31

refugees: g64 7/8 3; g56 6/8 7-8; g50 4/22 17-20; g41 4/30 3

Russian Orthodox Church:

support of war: g78 9/22 29

substitute for a German peace treaty: g75 11/8 4

unexploded munitions from: g84 10/22 29

use of aircraft: g85 3/8 4-5

weapons: g72 12/8 30-31

women: g77 5/8 21

YMCA’s support: w79 1/1 31

List by Place

Africa: g43 2/3 10-12; g41 3/5 11; g41 7/23 18-19

Belgium: yb84 85, 101-102; g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g42 11/25 18-19; g41 1/8 22; g41 4/30 7-9; g40 9/18 28

Britain: g85 3/8 4-5; g85 12/8 4-7; yb73 119-130; g70 4/8 29; w55 557; g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g41 1/8 27-28; g41 3/5 25-28; g41 3/19 25-27, 30-31; g41 4/2 15-16; g41 5/28 25-30; g41 6/11 29; g41 7/23 25, 29-30; g41 9/3 29-31; g40 8/21 28-30; g40 10/30 20-24; g40 11/27 28-30; g39 11/1 7-9, 28; g39 11/15 28-29; g39 11/29 28-29; g39 12/13 28-30

Canada: g47 9/8 6; g42 8/5 29-31

Czechoslovakia: g47 1/8 24; g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g44 4/12 9-11; g43 10/27 13-14; g41 4/16 5-6; g40 9/4 20

Denmark: g47 7/8 24; g47 9/8 6; g46 4/24 11-12; g46 6/19 29; g45 6/6 11-13; g41 4/16 9-10; g40 5/15 3

Estonia: g45 6/20 19

Finland: g47 9/8 6; g46 4/24 11; g46 6/19 29; g45 6/20 18; g41 8/6 10

France: w62 765-766; g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g45 1/31 10-16; g44 4/12 3-7; g44 4/26 3-7; g43 3/17 22; g43 4/14 3-8; g43 5/12 19-22; g43 8/4 4-8; g43 9/15 7-11; g43 11/24 3-8; g42 4/29 14-15; g42 9/16 19-22; g41 1/22 20; g41 4/30 9-11, 21-23; g41 9/3 19; g40 8/21 21; g39 3/8 23; g39 11/1 18-19

Germany (Nazi):

aims: g85 4/8 9; w84 11/15 15; g44 5/24 3; g44 12/20 4; fd 11; g43 2/3 21-22; g41 10/29 8

anti-Semitism: g64 7/8 3; g56 12/22 18-19; g46 1/30 27; g45 2/28 10-11; g44 1/19 19; g44 5/24 6-7; g44 12/20 5-7; g43 5/26 12; g43 12/22 20-21; g41 5/14 11-12; g40 6/12 24-27

bombing by Allies: g85 12/8 4-6; g65 5/8 25; g64 7/8 4; g56 6/8 7-8; g50 1/22 16; g44 8/30 14-16; g41 4/16 4

casualties: g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29

Catholics who refused military service: g75 2/22 20-21

development of weapons: g61 9/22 21-22

internal conditions: g42 11/11 27-29; g41 4/16 3-4; g41 10/29 4-7; g40 5/15 11; g40 6/12 20-21

invasion of other countries: g85 6/8 10; g44 5/24 4-8; g43 6/9 21-24; g42 11/25 18-19; g41 1/22 21; g41 10/29 10; g40 6/12 22-23; g40 9/4 20

postwar occupation: g47 11/22 12-15

postwar trials: g85 6/8 3; g71 2/22 30; g71 3/8 30; g70 3/8 5; g69 5/22 10; g69 7/22 20; g68 1/8 18-19; g68 6/8 6-7, 18; g68 10/22 5-6; w67 722; g67 8/8 4-5; g64 2/8 30; g56 12/22 19-20; g49 7/22 9-11

Soviet Union invaded: g72 10/8 7

V-2 rockets: g85 3/8 4-5

Germany, Federal Republic of (West):

find of small arms munition from World War II: g83 2/22 30

Greece: g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g45 2/28 8-10; g41 3/19 22; g41 10/1 19; g41 12/24 27

Hiroshima: g82 9/22 4-5

guilt expressed by target-spotter for Hiroshima: g78 9/22 29; g78 12/22 4-5

Italy: g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g45 5/9 10-11; g44 4/26 2; g41 5/14 4-8; g41 10/1 20; g39 10/18 20-24

Japan: g85 8/22 3-7, 9-10; w83 7/15 21-22; g82 9/22 4-5; g80 6/8 5-6; yb73 221; g61 2/8 12; w60 40; jp 159-160; g50 3/8 5; g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g45 12/5 4-8; g43 7/7 24; g42 2/18 6-11; g42 3/18 3-6, 10-11; g42 4/1 3-10; g42 10/28 16, 19-21; g42 12/9 18-20; g41 5/14 9-10

Lithuania: g45 4/25 11-12

Netherlands: yb86 134, 162-163, 167; g47 9/8 6; g46 4/24 12; g46 6/19 29; g45 3/14 12-15; g45 8/29 25; g44 6/21 18; g43 5/12 31; g41 1/8 22; g41 3/19 10; g41 4/30 3-6

Norway: g49 4/8 27-28; g47 9/8 6; g46 4/24 10-11; g46 6/19 29; g45 5/23 12-16; g45 8/29 24; g44 2/2 13; g43 5/26 12-16; g42 10/14 14; g41 3/19 10; g41 4/16 10-11; g41 9/17 30; g40 5/15 3-5

invaded: yb77 216

Pearl Harbor: g67 1/22 13; g46 9/8 31; g46 10/8 17-19; g42 3/18 2-4; g42 12/23 30

Poland: g47 9/8 6; g46 4/10 4-6; g46 6/19 29; g44 2/2 26-28; g42 8/5 11; g41 4/16 6-9; g40 5/29 27; g40 6/12 24-27; g40 7/10 5; g39 12/13 3-10

Romania: g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g41 1/8 21; g41 3/5 19; g41 5/14 3-4

Singapore: g42 6/10 29-30

Soviet Union: g47 9/8 6; g46 3/13 27; g46 4/10 3-4; g46 6/19 29; g45 1/31 3-9; g45 11/21 12; g43 7/21 18; g41 11/12 18; g39 8/23 18

Sweden: w65 94-95; g46 4/24 11; g45 7/4 5

United States: g75 11/22 3; yb73 62; g67 1/22 13-14; ns 335; g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g46 9/22 17; g44 8/30 5; g42 3/18 3-5; g42 4/1 4-8; g40 5/1 25

Uruguay: g44 1/19 11-12; g41 7/23 15

Yugoslavia: g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g45 2/28 4-7; g43 8/18 10; g41 5/14 8-9; g41 10/29 9

Quotations

Europe produced an array of truly wicked characters all at the same time: w83 10/15 27

fought for all the classic reasons: over land and especially over power: w84 11/15 15

not for a single day since 1945 has there been any real peace in the world: w84 4/15 5

one more round in the endless competition of sovereign states for power and security: w84 11/15 15

Pope exercised little moral leadership: g78 12/8 29

spread death and devastation to an extent never before experienced: hp 147

twenty-six days of no war since: w78 7/15 19; g78 12/22 7

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