World War I and II for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the First and Second World War (Making the Past Come Alive) by Captivating History
English | 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CLYWYF4S | 170 pages | EPUB | 8.79 Mb
English | 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CLYWYF4S | 170 pages | EPUB | 8.79 Mb
Two manuscripts in one book:
- World War 1 for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the First World War
- World War 2 for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the Second World War
In the first part of this book, you will discover:
- How it all started because of just one man
- Why soldiers spent most of their time sitting around in wet, muddy ditches
- The new inventions that changed the face of war forever
- How dogs, horses, pigeons, and even goldfish helped in the war
- Soldiers—poets that didn’t know it
- Why you could go to jail if you refused to fight
- Boy Scout and Girl Guide spies?
- The longest, biggest, and bloodiest battles
- Only twelve years old and going to war!
- How the "war to end all wars" may have actually caused the Second World War
- Who were the Welsh Wizard and the Tiger?
- The popular movies and books inspired by events during WWI
- How the war was fought on land, air, and sea
- The legacy of World War I
In the second part of this book, you will discover:
- Why were children in Britain sent to live hundreds of miles away with strangers?
- Could you budget and enjoy your favorite foods on wartime rations?
- Why the first atomic bomb was used and how it ended the war for good.
- How one fifteen-year-old girl’s diary won a Pulitzer Prize and has sold over 30 million copies.
- Why some people had no choice but to fight, even if they didn’t want to.
- Being a dictator wasn’t Adolf Hitler’s first choice of career. What do you think he first tried (and failed) to be?
- Why you couldn’t say “hamburger” in the United States during WWII.
- Could you make a great escape from a prison camp?
- Thirty years later—the soldiers who refused to believe the war was over!
- Girl power! How women helped the war effort.
- The brave individuals who stood up for what was right.
- The bear that joined the army!
- And much, much more!