01833nam a22002657a 4500003000800000005001700008006001900025007000300044008004100047020001800088020001500106040001300121041000800134050002000142245010800162250001800270260004500288300006600333500005800399500001900457505070600476520032901182650002401511700003201535BJBSDDR20260119100601.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta251219s2007 uk |||||r|||| 00| 0 eng d a9781405486583 a1405486589 bengcDLC aeng14aD 25bG786 200700aGreat battles :b[Decisive conflicts that have shaped history] /cGeneral editor: Christer Jörgensen. aFirst edition aBath, UK :bParragon Publishing, c2007. a256 pages : billustrations (some color), color maps ;c32 cm a"Decisive conflicts that have shaped history."--Cover aIncludes index0 aThe 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)  aGreat 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. 4aBatallas xHistoria1 aJorgensen, Christer,d1967-