The Split History of World War II: A Perspectives Flip Book

Perspectives Flip Books

by Simon Rose

When World War I ended in 1918, it was called, the war to end all wars. But it wasn't. Unsettled issues and resentments festered for the next 20 years, culminating in the outbreak of war in Europe and Asia in the 1930s. The Axis powers, led by Germany, Italy, and Japan, joined to fight the Allies, led by the U.S., the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. Both sides were determined to rule the world, but only one can succeed.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

60 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2012

About the author

I am the author of The Alchemist's Portrait, The Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic's Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, The Sphere of Septimus, Flashback, Future Imperfect, the Flashback series, the Shadowzone series, The Stone of the Seer series, and An Untimely Death. I'm also the author of eight guides for writers, including The Time Traveler's Guide, The Children's Writer's Guide, The Working Writer's Guide, and The Social Media Writer's Guide, more than a hundred non-fiction books, and many articles on a wide range of topics. I offer a number of services for writers, including editing, coaching, mentoring, consulting, and writing workshops, as well as copywriting services for the business community. I also offer a wide variety of presentations, workshops and author in residence programs for schools and libraries, am an instructor for adults with the University of Calgary and offer a variety of online workshops for both children and adults.

www.simon-rose.com

Reviews

[Jerry Sleep · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good short overview of the history of WW2.

[Zakary A · Rating 5 out of 5]

The split history of World War II by Simon Rose is a book about the allies perspective and the axis perspective. I learned something new because I did not know that Japan fought in the war. I gave this book a five star review because I like Non-fiction books and war books. I would recommend this book to anybody that wants a lot of information on WWII.

[Aleena Montano · Rating 4 out of 5]

i like this book but the only thing i don't like about it is that when it said Britain on page -7- and you see it looks like yellow paint.I thought it was a different word lol but still love it its not a big deal!

[Mpoveda]

it was okay

[Tanner G · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like how the book doesn't just have one world war thing to talk about it has two

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Split History of World War II: A Perspectives Flip Book
by Simon Rose
The Split History of World War II: A Perspectives Flip Book by Simon Rose is a nonfiction book that displays both perspectives, the Allies and the Axis. They each had their own ideas about the war. They even started the war on different dates. The reasons why they took a part in the war were different. One started the war. The other one was attacked and that made them to be a part. The Axis or the Germans were upset by the fact that they lost the first World War and that was partially why they started this time taking, bloody war. The Allies, or specifically the Americans, were attacked by Japan which killed and injured countless of innocent people. That was when they finally decided to take a part. Like the other wars from the history, only one can win, and both sides wanted to. They were fighting regardless of the lives that they took away. Clearly, the Allies succeeded at the end. But how? How did the Axis fight back? Who were on which sides? What were the both sides of thinking? How were they planning this?
This book is highly recommend it to those who are interested in world history. It would help the understanding of why the war happened, why certain countries became a part. The best thing that I have to point out again is that it has both points and the readers would be able to understand why the Axis or the Allies did what they did or how they felt about certain parts...etc
Even though, I gave it only four stars because it may have been a bit more elaborated. It was a great book that showed both sides of the story, but it really could have been better if it was elaborated.

[Yashaswi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book about world war and the history behind it. When World War 1 had ended, people had expected that there will be no more wars that will begin but they were proved wrong when quarrels began and World War 2 had started. This book tells about both sides, the Axis and the Allies who are fighting for their own good and who are determined to win the war. It also has a very interesting structure because of the fact that you have to actually flip the book to find out what the other side thinks of a certain idea. The Axis are part of Europe and Asia and the Allies are part of the Pacific and the European front. It also explains the difficulties that each group faces and the steps they took to overcome them. Since it was a war, though, there has to be a winning side and there were constant disputes for both of the sides. Both of their main goals, though, were to rule the world and take over. They wanted power and gree got the best of them, causing them to provoke the war. The author of this book doesn't center much around the Holocaust but it is still addressed. This book has strictly told me not to cause irrelevant quarrels with others and not to let greed take over me. I rate this book 5/5 stars for showing me these themes Ina creative way and since I can't argue against history or change the ways of how each side interacted or behaved towards each other, it has done a good job to captivate and enthrall me into its intriguing tale.

[Luke Wyszynski · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Split History of World War II is a non-fiction book about world war II. It gives facts of how the war started, and ended, and it gives evidence like, 50 million people died in world war 2, or 35 million people were wounded in addition to the 50 million that were killed. It shows pictures of the fighting, the aftermath, and tactical planning of battles and wars. Because it is a flip perspective book, you can read from one side about how the Nazi Germans looked at the war, and on the other side you can read about what the allies thought of it. The Germans treated the soldiers terribly, most likely leading to the downfall of the Nazi empire. The Nazi army was malnourished, and hurt, leading them to not fight well, unlike the allies. The Germans were also killing and harming the Jews because they thought the Jews were made to be evil while in reality, the Nazis were the evil ones. Over all, I didn't really like the book because it had no actual story and was instead just a collection of facts.

[Theki]

This book was a very good book, as it was a double sided book, It had the perspective of WW2 from the allies POV on one side, and if you flip it and read from the other side, It shows the war from the POV of the axis forces during WW2. So during one same event, such as the turning point of the war, it talked about axis losses in the axis side, and in the allies side, it talked about the allies victory. It is another non-fiction book, and you probably see now that I like non-fiction books, and the reason for that is that I don't like to read about lies, I want to read facts of things that happened. Well, I would recommend this book to anyone in our grade, It's not too hard, and the words aren't too challenging, If you really hate History, then it might be a bad choice, Still, WW2 is a pretty fun topic, so maybe you would like it fi you give it a try.

[Simon Rose]

The Split History of World War II is part of the 2012 Capstone Young Readers non-fiction series from Compass Point Books. For ages 10 to 14.

'When World War I ended in 1918, it was called, "the war to end all wars." But it wasn't. Unsettled issues and resentments festered for the next 20 years, culminating in the outbreak of war in Europe and Asia in the 1930s. The Axis powers, led by Germany, Italy, and Japan, joined to fight the Allies, led by the U.S., the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union.'

You can learn more about the book and the series at the Capstone Young Readers website.

[April Suter · Rating 3 out of 5]

A neat concept: same story but in two different viewpoints. It is like learning about the war through cliff notes. I know jr. high and high school students will enjoy reading a quick non-fiction book.

[Christian · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Juli · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book will be great for the new CCSS for 5th grade to show the two different points of view: Axis vs. Allies.

[Francesco Inzerillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was a good book i just finished it and i haven't read it in a while