The Secret War

From the Series Graphic Modern History: World War II
  • Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 9
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

This exciting graphic novel recounts three fascinating stories of covert, or secret, operations during World War II:
• Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik, Operation Anthropoid, May 1942 - The plan to eliminate German SS leader Reinhard Heydrich, the chief planner of the Jewish genocide by the Nazis and also known as the Butcher of Prague
• Benjamin Cowburn, S.O.E. (U.K. Special Operations Executive) - Operation Tinker, April 1943 - How a British operative led a team of saboteurs to blow up trains
• René Joyeuse, O.S.S. (U.S. Office of Strategic Services) - Plan: Sussex, August 1944
OSS Plan - The story of sabotage in support of the D-Day invasion

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Interest Level Grade 5 - Grade 9
Reading Level Grade 5
Age Range 10 - 14
Dewey 940.54
Lexile GN1040L
ATOS Reading Level 5.3
Guided Reading Level T
Subjects History
Genres Nonfiction
Publisher Crabtree Publishing
Imprint Crabtree Classics
Copyright 2012
Number of Pages 48
Dimensions 6.5 x 10
Graphics
BISACS JNF025130, JNF062020, JNF025000
Rights Included CA, US
Language English

Author: Gary Jeffrey