A concise overview of the causes and consequences of the Second World War, written specially for children and published in association with Imperial War Museums. Includes the historical background of the great battles and catastrophes of the Second World War, from Stalingrad to D-Day, Pearl Harbour and the Holocaust. Features vivid illustrations, original photographs, timelines, maps and fact boxes. Further online resources can be accessed via the Usborne Quicklinks website, including animations showing the progress of the war, quizzes to test your knowledge and video footage of famous speeches.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book features in the following series: Narrative Nonfiction, Science Stories, True Story, Usborne, Usborne Narrative Non Fiction .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Paul Dowswell trained as a historian and teacher. He is now a freelance writer and editor.