World War II (Dk History)

by R G Grant (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2008

  $3.46

  World War II cost the lives of more than 50 million people, find out what it was like to experience - and survive - such an extraordinary time. In association with the Imperial War Museum, this powerful book and DVD combine incredible images with dramatic eyewitness accounts of the people who were alive during World War II to bring to life this monumental time. Read the stories of fear, courage and hope of the soldiers fighting on land, at sea, and in the air and the civilians on the home front. Learn about the build-up to war and how the conflict has shaped the modern world. Remarkable film footage on the accompanying DVD brings the stories to life and maps, charts, and timelines provide instant information on the course of events.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.46

  This book looks at the curriculum history of World War II, through a series of poems from the time. Each poem covers a different topic such as daily wartime life, rationing, evacuation, air raids and attitudes towards patriotism. The backgrounds to each poem and poet is given, together with an explanation of what each poem is about. It includes poems by Wilfred Gibson, Bertolt Brecht, Doris Burton and Louis MacNeice.