Timeline World War One: Timelines for Kids

This is a wistful look at World War One that will give you the gruesome facts and trivia and raise a few eyebrows along the way. Discover how ridiculous and filthy trench warfare really was and why America didn't want to get involved at first. Find out why Russia decided to stop fighting and how an event at the Battle of the Somme might have prevented the Second World War. What was the 'turnip winter, ' and which army refused to fight any more because too many of them were getting killed?

From airmen shooting their own planes down to the deadly monotony of life in a front-line trench, this book pulls no punches about the horror of war, but will raise a few smiles.

There is a groovy quiz at the end to see how much has been learned, and some fabulous authentic pictures on almost every page.