True Stories from World War I

by Peter Hepplewhite

Overview

A collection of twelve fantastic, true stories about war in the air and on land during World War I – including the growing importance of aeroplanes in the war, German bombing raids, the terror of the zeppelins, life in the trenches, the tragedy of Gallipoli and a daring escape from a prisoner of war camp during WWI.

Each story is preceded by an introduction that gives the story its place in history and is followed by brilliant fighting facts. Packed with maps, illustrations and black and white photographs, this is an incredible collection of stories about the First World War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447259824
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	05/08/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	26 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	9 - 11 Years

About the Author

Peter Hepplewhite is an ex history teacher who is an education officer at Tyne and Wear Archive Services. He co-wrote Horrible Histories: Awesome Egyptians with Terry Deary and has written non-fiction titles for Wayland, Hodder and Hamlyn. He wrote two of the books in the series A World in Flames, about World War II for Macmillan.
Peter Hepplewhite is an ex history teacher who is an education officer at Tyne and Wear Archive Services. He wrote two of the books in the series A World in Flames, about World War II for Macmillan.

Table of Contents

Remembrance vii

Part 1 Stories from the Land xi

Introduction 1

The Christmas Truce 8

An Underground War 29

Gallipoli-a Side Show 48

Guests of the Kaiser 71

The Prisoners' Martyr - Edith Cavell 100

Aftermath 119

Trench Talk 127

Part 2 stories from the Air 131

Introduction 133

Cavalry in the Clouds 140

A Strange Affair with a Machine Gun 161

Airship Killer 184

Gotha Summer 208

Ace of Aces 228

Sixty to One 251

RFC Lingo 268

Glossary 269

Acknowledgements 273