The story of the First World War for children, 1914-1918 / John Malam.

By:

Malam, John, 1957-

Contributor(s):

Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Carlton Kids, 2014.Description: 71 pages; illustrated (some colour), colour maps; 26 cmISBN:

1783120215 (hbk)
9781783120215 (hbk)

Subject(s):

World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile literature

DDC classification:

940.3 23

Summary: The First World War was the world's first 'total war'. Although large-scale wars like the Napoleonic wars had ranged across many territories, the scale of the First World War was unprecedented. It was also the first war between modern, industrialised nations and mechanised warfare saw new and terrifying weapons deployed for the first time, including airplanes, tanks, zeppelins, giant warships and poison gas. Now, on the verge of the centenary of the start of the First World War, this fact-packed information book relates the unfolding events and the human stories in a way that brings history vividly to life.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction	Waimate Junior Non-Fiction	Children &Young Adults Section	940.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		a00648973

"In association with Imperial War Museums"--Cover.

Cover title.

Includes index.

The First World War was the world's first 'total war'. Although large-scale wars like the Napoleonic wars had ranged across many territories, the scale of the First World War was unprecedented. It was also the first war between modern, industrialised nations and mechanised warfare saw new and terrifying weapons deployed for the first time, including airplanes, tanks, zeppelins, giant warships and poison gas. Now, on the verge of the centenary of the start of the First World War, this fact-packed information book relates the unfolding events and the human stories in a way that brings history vividly to life.

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