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Listed are the Library of Congress class numbers for history-related subjects.

C Auxiliary Sciences of History

D History (General)

DA Great Britain

DAW Central Europe

DB Austria - Liechtenstein - Hungary - Czechoslovakia

DC France - Andorra - Monaco

DD Germany

DE Greco-Roman World

DF Greece

DG Italy - Malta

DH Low Countries - Benelux Countries

DJ Netherlands (Holland)

DJK Eastern Europe (General)

DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics - Poland

DL Northern Europe. Scandinavia

DP Spain - Portugal

DQ Switzerland

DR Balkan Peninsula

DS Asia

DT Africa

DU Oceania (South Seas)

DX Romanies

E America, United States

F United States local history, British America (including Canada), Dutch America, French America, Latin America. Spanish America