The World War II Discussion Group meets monthly to discuss various themes. Meetings are held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00pm in the South Reading Room unless otherwise noted. The current schedule is:
- Monday, September 8, 2025: Europe between the wars: Was WWII the child of the Treaty of Versailles or were there other parents?
- Monday, October 6, 2025: The Munich Conference: Where WWII and the Cold War began
- Monday, November 3, 2025: Polish foreign policy 1936-39: Between a rock and a hard place, yet causal to WWII
- Monday, December 1, 2025: Russia, Germany, and Japan – the 1930s: When political systems break down, you get aggressive wars
- Monday, January 5, 2026: Pearl Harbor: How Japan decided to commit national suicide
- Monday, February 2, 2026: Midway: The consequences of the pursuit of the decisive battle
- Monday, March 2, 2026: Strategic bombing: How can so many be so wrong about so much and wind up being right?
- Monday, April 6, 2026: WWII: How and why it became a war against civilization
- Monday, May 4, 2026: A war decided by machines and science
- Monday, June 1, 2026: The Marshall Plan: The most unselfish act in history, or creating a new balance of power?
