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100 decisive battles : from ancient times to the present

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Surveys the one hundred most decisive battles in world history from the Battle of Megiddo in 1469 B.C. to Desert Storm, 1991.

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100 decisive battles : from ancient times to the present -- One hundred decisive battles

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Authors

Davis, Paul K., 1952-

Subjects

Battles.
Military history.
Schlacht
Geschichte
Wörterbuch

Language

English

Published

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [1999]

Publication Desc

1 online resource (xii, 462 pages) : illustrations, maps

ISBN

1576074420

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Juvenile

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Surveys the one hundred most decisive battles in world history from the Battle of Megiddo in 1469 B.C. to Desert Storm, 1991.

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Megiddo (1479 B.C.) --Thymbra (546 B.C.) -- Marathon (490 B.C.) -- Salamis (480 B.C.) -- Syracuse (415-413 B.C.) -- Leuctra (371 B.C.) -- Chaeronea (338 B.C.) -- Gaugamela (Arbela) (331 B.C.) -- Ipsus (310 B.C.) -- Metaurus River (207 B.C.) -- Kai-hsia (203 B.C.) -- Zama (202 B.C.) -- Pydna (168 B.C.) -- Alesia (52 B.C.) -- Pharsalus (48 B.C.) -- Actium (31 B.C.) -- Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest) (A.D. 9) -- Beth-horon (66) -- Milvian Bridge (312) -- Adrianople (378) -- Châlons (451) -- Tricameron (533) -- Badr (624) -- Constantinople (717-718) -- Tours (Poitiers) (732) -- Pavia (773-774) -- Lechfeld (955) -- Hastings (1066) -- Manzikert (1071) -- Jerusalem (1099) -- Hattin (1187) -- Second Battle of Taraori (1192) -- Bouvines (1214) -- Ain Jalut (1260) -- Hsian-yang (1268-1273) -- Hakata Bay (1274 and 1281) -- Brusa (1317-1326) -- Crécy (1346) -- Orléans (1428-1429) -- Constantinople (1453) -- Granada (1491) -- Tenochtitlán (1521) -- Panipat (1526) -- Vienna (1529) -- Cajamarca (1532) -- Lepanto (1571) -- Spanish Armada (1588) -- Sekigahara (1600) -- Breitenfeld (1631) -- Shanhaikuan (1644) -- Naseby (1645) -- Battle of the Dunes (1658) -- Blenheim (1704) -- Poltava (1709) -- Culloden (1746) -- Plassey (1757) -- Quebec (1759) -- Trenton (1776) -- Saratoga (1777) -- Yorktown (1781) -- Valmy (1792) -- Rivoli (1797) -- Aboukir Bay (Battle of the Nile) (1798) -- Trafalgar (1805) -- Jena/Auerstädt (1806) -- Prophetstown (Tippecanoe) (1811) -- Borodino (1812) -- Leipzig (Battle of the Nations) (1813) -- Waterloo (1815) -- Ayachuco (1824) -- San Jacinto (1836) -- Mexico City (1847) -- Antietam (Sharpsburg) (1862) -- Gettysburg (1863) -- Atlanta/March to the Sea (1864) -- Sedan (1870) -- Tel el Kebir (1882) -- Manila Bay (1898) -- Mukden (1905) -- Tsushima (1905) -- Marne, First Battle (1914) -- Verdun (1916) -- Brusilov Offensive (1916) -- Marne, Second Battle (1918) -- Warsaw (1920) -- Poland (1939) -- Dunkirk (1940) -- Battle of Britain (1940) -- Moscow (1941) -- Pearl Harbor (1941) -- Singapore (1942) -- Midway (1942) -- Normandy (1944) -- Okinawa (1945) -- Israel's War of Independence (1948-1949) -- Huai Hai (Suchow) (1948-1949) -- Inchon (1950) -- Dien Bien Phu (1953-1954) -- Tet Offensive (1968) -- Desert Storm (1991).

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