Battles that changed history
From the fury of the Punic Wars to the icy waters of Dunkirk, relive 5,000 years of world-changing combat with this guide to the most famous battles in history. This military history book takes you on a journey through the battlefields of history, from the ancient world to the American Civil War, Wo...
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New York, New York :
Dk Publishing,
2018.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Tony Robinson
- Introduction
- Before 1000 CE : Marathon ; Thermopylae ; Salamis ; Issus ; Gaugamela ; Cannae ; Alesia ; Actium ; Red Cliffs ; Adrianople ; Tours ; Lechfeld
- 1000-1500 : Hastings ; Manzikert ; Siege of Jerusalem ; Dan-no-ura ; Hattin ; Las Navas de Tolosa ; Liegnitz ; Lake Peipus ; Ain Jalut ; Crécy ; Grunwald ; Agincourt ; Kutná Hora ; Siege of Orléans ; Fall of Constantinople
- 1500-1700 : Siege of Tenochtitlán ; Pavia ; Panipat ; Mohács ; Great Siege of Malta ; Lapanto ; Nagashino ; Spanish Armada Campaign ; Hansando ; White Mountain ; Breitenfeld ; Lützen ; Marston Moor ; Naseby ; Raid on the Medway ; Siege of Vienna
- 1700-1900 : Blenheim ; Poltava ; Plassey ; Leuthen ; Plains of Abraham ; Saratoga ; Fleurus ; Marengo ; Trafalgar ; Austerlitz ; Salamanca ; Borodino ; New Orlean ; Waterloo ; Boyacá ; Balaklava ; Solferino ; Antietam ; Gettysburg ; Königgrätz ; Sedan ; Little Bighorn ; Isandlwana
- 1900-present : Mukden ; Tsushima ; Tannenberg ; First Marne ; Gallipoli ; Verdun ; Jutland ; The Somme ; Passchendaele ; Dunkirk ; Battle of Britain ; Pearl Harbor ; Midway ; Second Battle of El Alamein ; Stalingrad ; Kursk ; Operation Overlord ; Operation Market Garden ; Battle of the Bulge ; Iwo Jima ; Inchon ; Dien Bien Phu ; Six-Day War ; Tet Offensive ; Operation Desert Storm.
