Much of history is determined by victories and defeats in battle. Examine the tactics and strategies that shaped the world’s most significant campaigns through detailed battle maps, diagrams and poignant images. In this new edition, understand what factors contributed to the outcomes and uncover how such events have shaped the identity of societies across the globe. Featuring: History’s bloodiest battles - Understand some of the world’s most influential and devastating battles. Commemorate the Somme - Remember a defining battle of the Great War on its 100th anniversary. Examine battle maps - Picture tactics and strategies that decided the fate of significant battles. Spain: the rise and fall of a superpower - Follow the tumultuous journey of one nation’s position on the world stage.
ALL ABOUT HISTORY GREATEST BATTLES
All About History Book Of Greatest Battles
10 HISTORY’S BLOODIEST BATTLES • Discover the death and destruction of warfare, from bitter ancient feuds to the modern world’s bloodiest conflicts
BATTLE OF ISSUS
BATTLE OF MALPLAQUET
BATTLE OF TOWTON
SIEGE OF BAGHDAD
BATTLE OF RED CLIFFS
BATTLE OF LEIPZIG
BATTLE OF SALSU
BATTLE OF THE SOMME
BATTLE OF CANNAE
BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
BATTLE OF MARATHON • MARATHON, GREECE SEPTEMBER 490 BCE
BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE • THERMOPYLAE, GREECE 480 BCE
BATTLE OF ACTIUM • IONIAN SEA 2 SEPTEMBER 31 BCE
BATTLE OF HASTINGS • HASTINGS, ENGLAND 14 OCTOBER 1066
BATTLE OF STIRLING BRIDGE • STIRLING, SCOTLAND 11 SEPTEMBER 1297
Weapons used to inflict death and destruction
A nation divided • A selection of Scotland’s most important clans
Three reasons for war
Scotland’s long journey to Stirling Bridge
Essential Wallace figures
BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN • SOUTHEAST SCOTLAND, 23-24 JUNE 1314
BATTLE OF AGINCOURT • AGINCOURT, FRANCE 25 OCTOBER 1415
BATTLE OF BOSWORTH • BOSWORTH, ENGLAND 22 AUGUST 1485
BATTLE OF SEKIGAHARA • SEKIGAHARA, JAPAN 21 OCTOBER 1600
BATTLE OF NASEBY • VILLAGE OF NASEBY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SATURDAY 14 JUNE 1645
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR • OFF THE COAST OF TRAFALGAR, SOUTH-WEST SPAIN 21 OCTOBER 1805
BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ • AUSTERLITZ, MORAVIA 2 DECEMBER 1805
BATTLE OF BORODINO • RUSSIA 7 SEPTEMBER 1812
BATTLE OF WATERLOO • WATERLOO, BELGIUM 18 JUNE 1815
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG • PENNSYLVANIA, USA 1-3 JULY 1863
BATTLE OF RORKE’S DRIFT • ZULU KINGDOM, SOUTH AFRICA 22 JANUARY 1879
BATTLE OF THE SOMME • NORTHERN FRANCE 1 JULY – 18 NOVEMBER 1916
BATTLE OF CAMBRAI • CAMBRAI, NORTHERN FRANCE NOVEMBER 1917
HITLER VERSUS STALIN: OPERATION BARBAROSSA • EASTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE, 22 JUNE – 5 DECEMBER 1941
FROM THE BALTIC TO THE BLACK SEA
THE BLOODY PURSUIT OF LEBENSRAUM • How the Ostheer blazed a trail through the plains and cities of eastern Europe
HITLER’S ARMOURED STORM
THE HOLOCAUST IN THE EAST
RED ARMY WORKHORSE • The Soviet T-34 is thought to be themost formidable tank of World War II
THE ADVANCE FALTERS
OPERATION TYPHOON
GENERAL FROST
THE LAKE LADOGA LIFELINE
WHY HITLER LOST
THE SHEER SCALE OF OPERATION BARBAROSSA
DIEPPE RAID • DIEPPE, FRANCE 19 AUGUST 1942
The Daimler Dingo
D-DAY LANDINGS • NORMANDY, FRANCE 6 JUNE 1944
THE LANDINGS
FOOLING HITLER
GERMAN DEFENCES
D-DATA
15 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT D-DAY
BATTLE OF IWO JIMA • IWO JIMA 19 FEBRUARY – 26 MARCH 1945
BATTLE OF HUE • NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM 31 JANUARY 1968 – 24 FEBRUARY 1968
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