Product Description

It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: · Who made a meal out of maggots? · Which smelly soldiers were sniffed outby their enemies? · Why white knickers could kill you? Discover all the foul facts about the Woeful Second World War - all the gore and more!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5118 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

Brilliant Way to Learn, and Retain, Historical Knowledge!
'Dire details about blitzed Britan that affected everyone in the country.'
'Every Governement lies to its people! In Italy, theirs said that they had bombed Britain so bad that they had shot the Loch Ness Monster and killed it!
"That must have been messy!"
"No, it was Nessie!"

Superb wit and wisdom mix to make this one of the best of the audiobooks from the utterly fantastic, Mr Deary!

If you want to hear the dreadful truth about...
...Dad's Army, or how sweet rationing drove a teacher to steal from his pupils, or what happened when an elephant got loose in the blackout, the full foul facts about life on the home front are laid out before your ears. It's packed with quizzes, sketches and jokes, as well as mini-dramas and real life re-enactments - telling you the kind of foul facts which just aren't available from a classroom education! This book is like most of the other Horrible Histories which have very practical timeline which are terrific! Rating: 7/ 10.

HOT OFF THE PRESS - APRIL 2007 - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER!
`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.

Want to know why wearing white knickers could get you killed in the Second World War?'

Read on!

The usual Deary humour flows through the 136 pages packed with facts, written in a variety of fonts and full of black and white illustrations and cartoons, from Martin Brown.


Split into 7 chapters:-

Terrible timeline
Home horrors
Frightful fighting
Awesome animals
Lousy liars
Chilling for children
The Holocaust

with an introduction and an epilogue.

Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and much more.
History has never been so horrible!'

`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!............'