I really like WWII history and I learned a bit from this book. Despite the complexity of the subject it's told in a humorous and easy to read way. It is probably written with a young teen audience in mind. I got this for an 8 year boy who can read like a whip and likes war stuff but I couldn't really give this to him. There is way too many interesting stories about massacres and concentration camp deaths. Several stories about animals being killed. There are stories about suicide, even to the point of using dogs as test animals for suicide drugs (as in the case of Blondi, Hitler's dog). Don't get me wrong, there's allsorts of other interesting WWII items that are fun to read about but for young readers this book may open up more for you then just a kid quietly reading in the living room.