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Great battles : [Decisive conflicts that have shaped history] / General editor: Christer Jörgensen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Bath, UK : Parragon Publishing, 2007.Edition: First editionDescription: 256 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 32 cmISBN:
  • 9781405486583
  • 1405486589
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • D 25 G786 2007
Contents:
The Age of the Sword (Ancient & Medieval) Marathon (490 BC) Salamis (480 BC) Gaugamela (331 BC) Cannae (216 BC) Alesia (52 BC) Adrianople (378 AD) Tours/Poitiers (732 AD) Hastings (1066) Hattin (1187) Tannenberg (1410) Agincourt (1415) 💥 The Age of Gunpowder (Early Modern) Constantinople (1453) Lepanto (1571) The Great Armada (1588) Lützen (1632) Blenheim (1704) Saratoga (1777) Trafalgar (1805) Austerlitz (1805) Waterloo (1815) 🔫 The Age of the Rifle (Modern Era) Antietam (1862) Gettysburg (1863) Verdun (1916) The Somme (1916) The Battle of Britain (1940) Stalingrad (1942) Midway (1942) Normandy (D‑Day) (1944) The Tet Offensive (1968) Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003)
Summary: Great Battles introduces 30 major battles from the Ancient era to the present day. Beginning with the battle of Marathon (490 BC), where a combined force of Greeks defeated a much larger Persian invasion force, book covers key battles right up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S.-led coalition forces. -- Publisher details.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) D 25 G786 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000198168

"Decisive conflicts that have shaped history."--Cover

Includes index

The Age of the Sword (Ancient & Medieval)
Marathon (490 BC)
Salamis (480 BC)
Gaugamela (331 BC)
Cannae (216 BC)
Alesia (52 BC)
Adrianople (378 AD)
Tours/Poitiers (732 AD)
Hastings (1066)
Hattin (1187)
Tannenberg (1410)
Agincourt (1415)
💥 The Age of Gunpowder (Early Modern)
Constantinople (1453)
Lepanto (1571)
The Great Armada (1588)
Lützen (1632)
Blenheim (1704)
Saratoga (1777)
Trafalgar (1805)
Austerlitz (1805)
Waterloo (1815)
🔫 The Age of the Rifle (Modern Era)
Antietam (1862)
Gettysburg (1863)
Verdun (1916)
The Somme (1916)
The Battle of Britain (1940)
Stalingrad (1942)
Midway (1942)
Normandy (D‑Day) (1944)
The Tet Offensive (1968)
Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003)

Great Battles introduces 30 major battles from the Ancient era to the present day. Beginning with the battle of Marathon (490 BC), where a combined force of Greeks defeated a much larger Persian invasion force, book covers key battles right up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S.-led coalition forces. -- Publisher details.

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