100 Greatest Battles
Autor Angus Konstamen Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 apr 2023
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1472856945
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: Full colour artwork throughout.
Dimensiuni: 190 x 190 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Introduction THE ANCIENT WORLDMarathon, 490 BCThermopylae, 480 BCSalamis, 480 BCPlataea, 479 BCLeuctra, 371 BCThe Granicus, 334 BCCannae, 216 BCZama, 202 BCCarrhae, 53 BCAlesia, 52 BCPharsalus, 48 BCActium, 31 BCThe Teutoburgerwald, AD 9Strasbourg, AD 357 Adrianople, AD 378 Châlons, AD 451 THE MEDIEVAL WORLDConstantinople, AD 718 Tours, AD 732 Hastings, 1066 Manzikert, 1071 Hattin, 1187 Lake Peipus, 1242 Hakata Bay, 1281 Bannockburn, 1314 Kulikovo, 1380 Tannenberg, 1410 Agincourt, 1415 Constantinople, 1453 Castillon, 1453 Bosworth, 1485 THE RENAISSANCETenochtitlan, 1521 Pavia, 1525 Cuzco, 1536-37 Malta, 1565 Lepanto, 1571 Gravelines, 1588 Sekigahara, 1600 Osaka, 1614-15 Lützen, 1632 Marston Moor, 1644 Vienna, 1683 The Boyne, 1690 THE AGE OF REASONBlenheim, 1704 Fontenoy, 1745 Rossbach, 1757 Leuthen, 1757 Ticonderoga, 1758 Quebec, 1759 Saratoga, 1777 Yorktown, 1781 THE NAPOLEONIC ERAToulon, 1793The Nile, 1798 Marengo, 1800 Trafalgar, 1805 Austerlitz, 1805 Wagram, 1809 Salamanca, 1812 Borodino, 1812 Leipzig, 1813 Waterloo, 1815 THE AGE OF EMPIRESThe Alamo, 1836 Solferino, 1859 Volturno, 1860 First Bull Run, 1861 Vicksburg, 1863 Gettysburg, 1863 Isandlwana, 1879 San Juan Hill, 1898 Tsushima, 1905 WORLD WAR ITannenberg, 1914 First Marne, 1914 Verdun, 1916 Jutland, 1916 The Somme, 1916 Cambrai, 1917 Amiens, 1918 Warsaw, 1920 WORLD WAR IISedan, 1940 The Battle of Britain, 1940 Taranto, 1940 Moscow, 1941 Pearl Harbor, 1941 Singapore, 1941-42 Midway, 1942 El Alamein, 1942 Guadalcanal, 1942-43 Stalingrad, 1942-43 Kharkov, 1943 Kursk, 1943 Imphal and Kohima, 1944 Saint-Lô, 1944 Leyte Gulf, 1944 Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945THE MODERN AGEInchon, 1950 Dien Bien Phu, 1954 The Golan Heights, 1967 Khe Sanh, 1968 Hue, 1968 The Sinai, 1973Desert Storm, 1991
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A highly illustrated introduction to some of the greatest battles in world history, from the iconic encounters of the Ancient World such as Thermopylae and Cannae, through to the major clashes of the 20th century epitomized by Stalingrad and Khe Sanh.
This concise study by renowned military historian Angus Konstam examines one hundred of the most famous battles from world history. It includes great naval engagements such as Salamis, Trafalgar, Jutland and Midway; pivotal land battles that decided the fate of nations, such as Hastings, Yorktown, Gettysburg and the Somme; and the impact of the new dimension of aerial warfare in the 20th century at Pearl Harbor, in the Battle of Britain and in the skies over Hiroshima.
This highly illustrated book features 100 full-colour battlescene artworks from Osprey's comprehensive archive and is the ideal introduction to the battles that changed the course of history.