The top ten battles that changed the world
By: Chris Oxlade
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781445105444
Subjects: Battles; Juvenile literature; World history
Other titles: Battles that changed the world
Description: In AD 732, near the town of Tours, France, a Frankish army defeated the invading Islamic army and stopped the advance of the Islamic empire into Europe . It is one of ten battles in this book, ranging from Thermopylae in Ancient Greece to the Battle of Britain during World War II, chosen because of their lasting effect on world history.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Thermopylae (480 B.C.); title: Tours (AD 732); title: Lepanto (1571); title: Poltava (1709); title: Saratoga (1777); title: Waterloo (1815); title: Gettysburg (1863); title: Battle of Britain (1940); title: Stalingrad (1942); title: Dien Bien Phu (1954); title: The best of the rest; title: Timeline.