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World War I and II for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the First and Second World War
Author: Captivating History
Narrator: Jay Herbert
Unabridged: 2 hr 39 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Published: 12/03/2023
Synopsis
Two manuscripts in one audiobook:
World War 1 for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the First World WarWorld War 2 for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the Second World WarIn the first part of this audiobook, you will discover:
How it all started because of just one manWhy soldiers spent most of their time sitting around in wet, muddy ditchesThe new inventions that changed the face of war foreverHow dogs, horses, pigeons, and even goldfish helped in the warSoldiers—poets that didn’t know itWhy you could go to jail if you refused to fightBoy Scout and Girl Guide spies?The longest, biggest, and bloodiest battlesOnly twelve years old and going to war!How the "war to end all wars" may have actually caused the Second World WarIn the second part of this audiobook, 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.Scroll up and click the “add to cart” button to learn more about World Wars!
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