Each year of the war is introduced with a timeline featuring the key events and a map showing where the fighting took place and which countries were involved. All the major events and battles are covered as well as entries on the home front, weapons and the cost of war giving a comprehensive and international introduction. Events are recounted in succinct and easy-to-understand text while photographs bring the past vividly to life and fact panels provide facinating snippets of extra information.

Author Biography

SIMON ADAMS is a writer and editor of children's non-fiction and reference books, specializing in history, politics and current affairs. Simon was born in Bristol and studied history and politics at the London School of Economics and Bristol University, where he gained an MSc.