The Frightful First World War AND the Woeful Second World War (Horrible Histories Collections) (Paperback)

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History with twice the nasty bits! Want to know: How sniffing your own pee could save your life in the First World War? Why wearing white knickers could get you killed in the Second World War? How a pair of old socks gave away top secrets? The Frightful First World War tells you all the horrors and hardships of the war that was meant to last four months ... but ground on for four grim years. The Woeful Second World War gives you the dire details about the worst war ever - from snow-bound cities under siege to fly-infested jungle trenches. Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests ... for your teacher! History has never been so horrible!

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   18 of 19 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars `Two Horrible Books in One', from the `Dynamic Duo' - Terry Deary and Martin Brown, 21 Feb 2007 By  A B CeDar - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    Standing at the same height as `Mad Miscellany', this book is `Two Horrible Books in One', from the `Dynamic Duo' - Terry Deary and Martin Brown:- `The Frightful First World War` and `The Woeful Second World War`! The usual Deary humour flows through the 256 pages packed with facts, written in a variety of fonts and full of black and white illustrations and cartoons, from Martin Brown. First World War Split into 5 chapters:- 1914 - The year of the first shot 1915 - The year of total war 1916 - The year of the Somme 1917 - The year of the mud 1918 - The year of exhaustion with an introduction, a `Test Your Teacher' section and an epilogue. Second World War Split into 7 chapters:- Terrible timeline Home horrors Frightful fighting Awesome animals Lousy liars Chilling for children The Holocaust with an introduction and an epilgue. `23rd August 1939 Shock! Deadly enemies unite! Mr Adolf Hitler of Germany (with a toothbrush moustache) and Mr Josef Stalin of the Soviet Union (with a yard-brush moustache) peacefully agree not to fight one another. No chance. Never trust a man with a moustache..... 1st September 1939 A. Hitler (the liar) had promised not to invade Poland. Today his army invades Poland...... and `peacefully' shares it with the Soviets. No one asked the Poles, of course. Britain and France say they'll fight for Poland's freedom. That means war!............' Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   17 of 18 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Stuffez-vous, Monsieur Itlaire!, 9 Sep 2004 By  Christian Spriet "Chacklee Chack" (Bruges, Belgium) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    Whether frightful or woeful, the two world wars must have been occasions we sadly missed out from our history books. Ladies and gents: forget those nightmarish hystery classes, snap up your copy of this and engross yourself. Mind you: this IS an instructive survey (a teacher should know), but in to the bargain (£5.99 or less) one get the odds and ends and titbits the self-respecting history book looks down on with condescension. This is facts seasoned by the naked chefs of history with a pinch of Chaplin's Shoulder Arms and Beany Blackadder. Wanted things interactive? What about the quizzes, the recipes, the do's and don'ts, not to forget, Martin Brown's tongue-in-cheek cartoons. Why wait? Forget "vere'ave you'idden ze biddy, Leclerc?", but roll up the barrel and snap up that copy. And eat your heart out, Duglaz'Aig. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   12 of 14 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It!!!!!!!!!, 18 Nov 2003 By  "wwwhum" - See all my reviews This book had show me how Terry Deary is a great autor, because he could tell a sad and serious fact(the war) in a very funny and intresting manner without getting the reader bored to death.This book tells you some ghosts stories that the soldiers belived,the importance of the animals in the two wars,all of this(and a lot more) whit true stories.The illustrations are terrific!Martin Brown really draws good!!If you want to know: -how sniffing your ow pee could save your life in the WW1? -how a pair of old socks give away german top-secrets? -Why wearing white kinickers could get you killed in the WW2 and-What the heck is a Zepplin? The epilogue of the two books are beutiful!!!!!!!!!! Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 4 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars WAR EXPLAINED SIMPLY ( IF THAT`S POSSIBLE..) Read this book - and then pass it onto the kids - guaranteed you will notch up at least one fact that you didn`t know about the world wars. Published 12 months ago by Leeds lass Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 4 customer reviews...

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