The great battles
By: Giles MacDonogh
Publisher: Metro Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781435126046
Subjects: Battles; History; Military history; Pictorial works
Other titles: 50 key battles from the ancient world to the present day
Description: The history of the world is largely the history of warfare. The first recorded wars were fought in ancient Sumeria over 5,000 years ago and various conflicts continue to rage in the world we live in today. The Great Battles is a lavish and comprehensive introduction to those clashes that have altered the course of history. -- Front fly leaf.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 254) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1456 BC Meggido; title: 480 BC Thermopylae; title: 480 BC Salamis; title: 431-404 BC Peloponnesian Campaigns; title: 338 BC Chaeronea; title: 216 BC Cannae; title: 48 BC Pharsalus; title: AD 9 Teutoburg Forest; title: AD 410 Sack of Rome; title: AD 451 Catalaunian Plains; title: 1066 Hastings; title: 1098 Antioch; title: 1356 Poitiers; title: 1415 Agincourt; title: 1429 The siege of Orléans; title: 1453 The fall of Constantinople; title: 1600 Nieuport; title: 1626 Lutter-am-Barenberg; title: 1631 Breitenfeld; title: 1644 Marston Moor; title: 1704 Blenheim; title: 1706 Ramillies; title: 1747 Laufeldt; title: 1757 Plassey; title: 1757 Leuthen; title: 1759 Quebec; title: 1805 Austerlitz; title: 1806 Auerstädt and Jena; title: 1812 Borodino; title: 1815 Waterloo; title: 1860 Calatafimi; title: 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign; title: 1863 Chancellorsville; title: 1863 Gettysburg; title: 1863 Vicksburg; title: 1866 Königgrätz; title: 1882 Tel-el-Kebir; title: 1914 Tannenberg; title: 1915-1916 Anzac Cove; title: 1916 Verdun; title: 1940 Fall of France; title: 1941 Moscow; title: - 1942 The fall of Singapore; title: 1942 El Alamein; title: 1942-1943 Staligrad; title: 1944 Korsun-Shevchenkovsky pocket; title: 1944 D-Day; title: 1944 The Philippines; title: 1954 Dien Bien Phu; title: 1956 The Sinai campaign.