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Moment of battle the twenty clashes that changed the world

Two modern masters of military history make the case for the twenty most pivotal battles of all time, in a riveting trip through the ages to those moments when the fate of the world hung in the balance. Includes Marathon, Gaugamela, Zama, Teutoburger Wald, Adrianople, Yarmuk, Hastings, The Spanish A...

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Main Author: Lacey, James
Other Authors: Murray, Williamson
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Bantam Books 2013.
Subjects:
Battles.
Military history.
Military art and science > History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Marathon: Athens saves Western civilization (490 BC)
  • Gaugamela : Alexander creates a new world (311 BC)
  • Zama: an empire in the balance (202 BC)
  • Teutoburger Wald: the division of Europe (9 AD)
  • Adrianople: the end of Roman supremacy (378 AD)
  • Yarmuk (636 AD)
  • Hastings (1066 AD)
  • The Spanish Armada (1588 AD)
  • Breitenfeld (1631 AD)
  • Annus mirabilis (1759 AD)
  • Saratoga (1777 AD)
  • Trafalgar (1805 AD)
  • Vicksburg (1863 AD)
  • The Marne (1914 AD)
  • The Battle of Britain (1940 AD)
  • Midway (1942 AD)
  • Kursk (1943 AD)
  • Normandy (1944 ad)
  • Dien Bien Phu (1954 AD)
  • Operations peach (2003 AD).

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