World War I and II for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the First and Second World War

· Captivating History · Narrated by Jay Herbert
Audiobook
2 hr 39 min
Unabridged
Eligible
Ratings and reviews aren’t verified  Learn more
Want a 15 min sample? Listen anytime, even offline. 
Add

About this audiobook

Two manuscripts in one audiobook:

  • World War 1 for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the First World War
  • World War 2 for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the Second World War

In the first part of this audiobook, you will discover:

  • How it all started because of just one man
  • Why soldiers spent most of their time sitting around in wet, muddy ditches
  • The new inventions that changed the face of war forever
  • How dogs, horses, pigeons, and even goldfish helped in the war
  • Soldiers—poets that didn’t know it
  • Why you could go to jail if you refused to fight
  • Boy Scout and Girl Guide spies?
  • The longest, biggest, and bloodiest battles
  • Only twelve years old and going to war!
  • How the "war to end all wars" may have actually caused the Second World War

In the second part of this audiobook, you will discover:

  • Why were children in Britain sent to live hundreds of miles away with strangers?
  • Could you budget and enjoy your favorite foods on wartime rations?
  • Why the first atomic bomb was used and how it ended the war for good.
  • How one fifteen-year-old girl’s diary won a Pulitzer Prize and has sold over 30 million copies.
  • Why some people had no choice but to fight, even if they didn’t want to.
  • Being a dictator wasn’t Adolf Hitler’s first choice of career. What do you think he first tried (and failed) to be?
  • Why you couldn’t say “hamburger” in the United States during WWII.
  • Could you make a great escape from a prison camp?
  • Thirty years later—the soldiers who refused to believe the war was over!
  • Girl power! How women helped the war effort.

Scroll up and click the “add to cart” button to learn more about World Wars!

Rate this audiobook

Tell us what you think.

Listening information

Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can read books purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.

More by Captivating History

Similar audiobooks

Narrated by Jay Herbert