CONTENTS

The World at War

THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Over by Christmas?

The Angels of Mons

Strange Meetings

The Great Zeppelin Campaign

The Battle of Jutland

The First Day of the Somme

Eye of the Morning

The Quiet Rebellion

The Cellar House of Pervyse

Nightmare at Belleau Wood

From Great War to First World War


THE SECOND WORLD WAR

“As Dirty a Business as the World Has Ever Seen…”

The First and Final Voyage of the Bismarck

The Venlo Snatch

Death of a Salesgirl

Cracking Enigma

The Book-keeper’s Storage Problems

The War of the Rats

The Gentleman’s Gentleman

Odette’s Ordeal

Stauffenberg’s Secret Germany

The Lost Hero

“…Like Running through Rain and Not Getting Wet.”

The Destroyer of Worlds

From Technicolor to Black and White…

Usborne Quicklinks

Usborne True Stories