Fact or Phony?: The Fact or Fiction Behind Battles and Wars

Author Kay Barnham

Publisher Gareth Stevens Publishing

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eBook

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Author

Kay Barnham

Publisher

Gareth Stevens Publishing

Volume

Copyright

2016

ISBN13

9781482442694

Release

Format

eBook

Grade Level

4th Grade - 6th Grade

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Overview

In this entertaining yet informative book, the facts about history\'s greatest wars and battles are separated from fiction. "Battle blunders" highlight some of history\'s worst war mistakes, while fact boxes pack this book with information that will dazzle any history buff.
Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Read this Part First…!.
1: So You Might Hear Myths Like … Soldiers Who Survived the Crimean Battlefield Were Safe and Sound in Florence Nightingale's Hospital.
2: Battle Blunders!.
3: Top Secret.
4: Bombs Don't Bounce.
5: Two Countries Once Went to War Over a Golden Stool.
6: The Light Brigade Was a Bunch of Soldiers Carrying Lights.
7: World War One Tanks Were Named After Water Tanks.
8: World War One Made Soldiers' Feet Rot.
9: If You Wanted to Escape From Stalag Luft III, You Needed a Wooden Horse.
10: The Shortest War Was Over in Just 38 Minutes.
11: During Civil Wars, Everyone Fights in a Terribly Polite Way.
12: They Invented What?.
13: During World War One, Lions Were Led into Battle by Donkeys.
14: In the Middle Ages, Besieged Castles Were Attacked with Rotting Animals.
15: Geronimo is Just a Word that Army Paratroopers Shout to Show They're Not Scared.
16: Weird Wars.
17: Elephants Are Excellent Warriors.
18: Weird Wars.
19: The Greeks Used Magic Spells to Set Boats on Fire.
20: A War Was Once Lost because of a Missing Horseshoe Nail.
21: They Invented What?.
22: World War One Ended on the 11th Day of the 11th Month, at 11am Precisely.
23: Ancient Greek Armies Were Square.
24: The Battle of Marathon Inspired the Modern-Day Race.
25: Battle Blunders!.
26: Top Secret.
27: Welsh Women Beat Napoleon's Troops.
28: Sea Commanders Are Never Seasick.
29: Knights in Armor Had to Be Lifted into Their Saddles by Crane.
30: Weird Wars.
31: Vikings Wore Horns on Their Helmets to Scare the Enemy.
32: Blood Grooves in Swords Are There to Make a Victim Bleed Faster.
33: Lawrence of Arabia Was from Arabia.
34: They Invented What?.
35: Soldiers Wear Makeup.
36: Maori Warriors Danced on the Battlefield.
37: Weird Wars.
38: Napoleon Planned to Invade the Uk Via a Channel Tunnel.
39: World War One Soldiers Played Soccer Together in No Man's Land.
40: In the Crimea
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Fact or Phony?: The Fact or Fiction Behind Battles and Wars

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