{"product_id":"9781904897439","title":"Weird War Two","description":"\u003cbr\u003eA war as extensive and long-lasting as World War II produces an incalculable number of artifacts. And museums as big and well-stocked as the Imperial War Museums have plenty of the ones you’d expect to find: tanks, jets, helmets, guns, and the like. But there was a whole lot more to the war—and a surprising amount of it is, well, downright weird.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e?Weird War Two \u003c\/i\u003epulls the strangest items from deep within the IWM’s archives to offer a surprising new, wildly entertaining angle on the war. From wacky inventions such as flying jeeps and bat bombs to elusive secret agents, from wholly bizarre propaganda posters to a dummy whose role as a decoy enabled a daring escape, and from inflatable tanks to painted cows—really—\u003ci\u003eWeird War Two\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that human ingenuity is boundless, yet at the same time that usually means that truth ends up stranger than fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Imperial War Museums","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051446419696,"sku":"9781904897439","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781904897439_p0.jpg?v=1763614455","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781904897439","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}