Hoodwinked: Deception and Resistance - Outwitting the Enemy - Stories from World War Two (Outwitting the Enemy: Stories from World War II) - Softcover

Unique and exceptional... blow-by-blow details of ingenious tricks... narrative of each story will engage readers like a clever mystery.--Roger Leslie"Booklist" (01/01/2005) The book is well illustrated throughout [and] should appeal to young readers...very easy to read and suitable for classroom use.--Thomas F. Chambers"Canadian Materials" (10/01/2004) Unique and exceptional... focuses on specific stories of deception that the Allied forces used to outwit the Axis powers and win the war... blow-by-blow details of ingenious tricks... narrative of each story will engage readers like a clever mystery.--Roger Leslie"Booklist" (01/01/2005) An intriguing overview of often-overlooked tactics used during World War II. The authors describe numerous examples of deception and resistance... The accounts of events sometimes read like short mysteries.--Jeffrey A. French"School Library Journal" (01/01/2005) The book is well illustrated throughout with full-page paintings and archival photos.... The layout is attractive and should appeal to young readers. Readers in the age group for whom the book is targeted should have little difficulty understanding the text. It is very easy to read and suitable for classroom use. Recommended.--Thomas F. Chambers"Canadian Materials" (10/01/2004)

This book plunges young readers into the secret strategies and underground battles that helped turn the tide of World War Two: - The Allied 'Army' of inflatable tanks and dummy planes to put the Germans off the true destination of the D-Day invasion force...- A carefully planted dead body ('The Man Who Never Was') convinces the Germans that the Allies were planning to invade Greece...- The bravery of Violette Szabo and the other SOE agents who worked behind enemy lines...- The work of the French Maquis in delaying the advance of German forces to Normandy to defend against the D-Day invasions...Presented with historic accuracy and engaging storytelling, and bursting with informative sidebars, 40 b+w archive photographs, 56 colour maps and illustrations, Hoodwinked tells 18 true, gripping stories of elaborate ruses, military fakery and cunning deception on both sides of World War Two. Includes dozens of informative sidebars describing the major personalities, tanks, aircraft and battles of World War Two.