[Decisive conflicts that have shaped history] Jorgensen, Christer 1967- text uk Bath, UK Parragon Publishing 2007 First edition monographic eng 256 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 32 cm 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. 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) General editor: Christer Jörgensen. "Decisive conflicts that have shaped history."--Cover Includes index Batallas Historia D 25 G786 2007 9781405486583 1405486589 251219 20260119100601.0 eng