50 Things You Should Know About the Second World War - Softcover

Adams, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784930350 ISBN 13: 9781784930356

Publisher: words & pictures, 2015

Synopsis

The perfect introduction to the Second  World War, this book breaks down six years  of conflict into 50 manageable facts.

Each year of the war is introduced with a  timeline featuring the key events and a map  showing where the fighting took place and  which countries were involved.

All the major events and battles are covered  as well as entries on the home front, weapons  and the cost of war giving a comprehensive  and international introduction.

Events  are recounted in succinct and easy-to-understand  text while photographs bring the  past vividly to life and fact panels provide  facinating snippets of extra information.

About this title

About the Author

Simon Adams is a writer and editor of children’s non-fiction and reference books. He specializes in history, politics and current affairs and has written extensively on exploration, music and the arts. Simon has also contributed to family and adult reference books and has been an editorial consultant on various history and other titles. Simon was born in Bristol and studied history and politics at the London School of Economics and Bristol University, where he gained an MSc. He entered publishing as a publicity copywriter at Routledge and subsequently joined Dorling Kindersley, eventually becoming managing editor of the children's division. He became a full-time writer 15 years ago. Since then, he has written and contributed to more than 60 books for a wide range of publishers. Simon lives in London and is a keen reader and cyclist.

From the Back Cover

The perfect introduction to the Second World War, this book breaks down six years of conflict into 50 manageable facts. Each year of the war is introduced with a timeline featuring the key events and a map showing where the fighting took place and which countries were involved. All the major events and battles are covered as well as entries on the home front, weapons and the cost of war giving a comprehensive and international introduction. Events are recounted in succinct and easy-to-understand text while photographs bring the past vividly to life and fact panels provide facinating snippets of extra information.

Edition details

• Publisher: words & pictures
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1784930350
• ISBN 13: 9781784930356
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80