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susani_'s review against another edition
3.0
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This is not an academic study; there is no bibliography or footnotes. The author himself states that there will be no reference to historical sources. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed it. World War Two is such a heavy topic, we have a war that took nearly 50 million lives (civilian and military), cause so much heartache, destruction and really showed the worst of humanity.
With so many millions involved, the rumour machine went into overdrive, tall stories built on fear of the unknown. It’s full of strange anecdotes and facts that keep you reading onto the next one. Parachuting Sheep? Pilot Pigeons? Rifles that fire round corners? Men who never were? You will find them all here, the weird, wonderful and barely believable of World War Two.
I really enjoyed it and I think any history buff would find this a thrilling read as I did!
3.5 stars
This is not an academic study; there is no bibliography or footnotes. The author himself states that there will be no reference to historical sources. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed it. World War Two is such a heavy topic, we have a war that took nearly 50 million lives (civilian and military), cause so much heartache, destruction and really showed the worst of humanity.
With so many millions involved, the rumour machine went into overdrive, tall stories built on fear of the unknown. It’s full of strange anecdotes and facts that keep you reading onto the next one. Parachuting Sheep? Pilot Pigeons? Rifles that fire round corners? Men who never were? You will find them all here, the weird, wonderful and barely believable of World War Two.
I really enjoyed it and I think any history buff would find this a thrilling read as I did!
3.5 stars
beammey's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this book. It was interesting and it didn't shy away from harrowing stories, even if this was written for more of a younger audience. The fact there were no sources is kind of odd to me, even if the author did explain why in the introduction, but I don't know. I'm one of those people that likes sources. As entertainment though, this was a good one. I learned some things I didn't know before and I did catch myself saying I'd 'read one more before I go to bed,' and end up reading about ten more facts. Overall a good book and I would recommend it. 3,5 out of 5 stars.
abiofpellinor's review against another edition
3.0
When I saw this title I just knew I had to pick it up, I already knew of some weird facts about WWII (a couple of which were in this book), but I was perfectly happy to add to my mental collection of odd facts. There were so many odd, and frankly unbelievable, rumours that spread around during this time, along with some very weird tactics used by both sides!
It's a very short book, and I don't want to spoil the oddities within, so there's not much that I can talk about here. However, I will say that it is an interesting and easy read. There are weird facts from multiple different countries from within both the Allies and Axis, some are sad, some are silly and some are just interesting. If you at all care about WWII or want to widen your knowledge about it then this would be a good one to pick up.
I gave this book 3/5 stars, thank you to NetGalley for an ecopy of this book in return for an unbiased and honest review.
It's a very short book, and I don't want to spoil the oddities within, so there's not much that I can talk about here. However, I will say that it is an interesting and easy read. There are weird facts from multiple different countries from within both the Allies and Axis, some are sad, some are silly and some are just interesting. If you at all care about WWII or want to widen your knowledge about it then this would be a good one to pick up.
I gave this book 3/5 stars, thank you to NetGalley for an ecopy of this book in return for an unbiased and honest review.
geekylou's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fun read, lots of fun facts, and quirky things that happened during the war.
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