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Turning the tide of war : 50 battles that changed the course of modern history
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Turning the tide of war : 50 battles that changed the course of modern history

Author: Timothy Newark
Publisher: London : Hamlyn, 2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Includes material on the battles of Valmy, Assaye, Trafalgar, Austerlitz, Waterloo, Mexico City, Gettysburg, Sedan, Isandlwana, Geok Tepe, San Juan Hill, Omdurman, Tsushima, first Marne, Gallipoli, the Brusilov offensive, Somme, Ypres, Cambrai, Germany's "Black Day," Nanking, France, Britain, Crete, Barbarossa, Pearl Harbor, Singapore, Midway, Stalingrad, El Alamein, Atlantic, Kursk, Tarawa, Cassino, Kohima, D-Day,  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Timothy Newark
ISBN: 0600603180 9780600603184
OCLC Number: 47825069
Description: 200 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
Contents: VALMY, 1792 --
ASSAYE,1803 --
TRAFALGAR,1805 --
AUSTERLITZ, 1805 --
WATERLOO, 1815 --
MEXICO CITY, 1847 --
GETTYSBURG, 1863 --
SEDAN,1870 --
ISANDLWANA, 1879 --
GEOK TEPE, 1881 --
SAN JUAN HILL, 1898 --
OMDURMAN,1898 --
TSUSHIMA,1905 --
FIRST BATTLE OF THE MARNE, 1914 --
GALLIPOLI, 1915 --
THE BRUSILOV OFFENSIVE, 1916 --
THE SOMME, 1916 --
YPRES, 1917 --
CAMBRAI, 1917 --
ST LO,1944 --
GERMANY'S 'BLACK DAY', 1918 --
LEYTE GULF, 1944 --
NANKING, 1937 --
ARDENNES, 1944 --
FRANCE, 1940 --
OKINAWA, 1945 --
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, 1940 --
BERLIN, 1945 --
CRETE, 1941 --
INCHON, 1950 --
BARBAROSSA, 1941 --
DIEN BIEN PHU, 1954 --
PEARL HARBOR 1941 --
SIX DAY WAR, 1967 174 --
SINGAPORE, 1942 108 THE TET OFFENSIVE, 1968 176 --
MIDWAY, 1942 --
PORT STANLEY, 1982 --
STALINGRAD,1942 --
KABUL, 1988 --
EL ALAMEIN 1942 --
DESERT STORM, 1991 --
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC, 1943 --
MOGADISHU, 1993 --
KURSK, 1943 --
KRAJINA,1995 --
TARAWA,1943 --
CASSINO, 1944 --
KOHIMA, 1944 140 --
D-DAY, 1944.
Responsibility: Tim Newark.
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Includes material on the battles of Valmy, Assaye, Trafalgar, Austerlitz, Waterloo, Mexico City, Gettysburg, Sedan, Isandlwana, Geok Tepe, San Juan Hill, Omdurman, Tsushima, first Marne, Gallipoli, the Brusilov offensive, Somme, Ypres, Cambrai, Germany's "Black Day," Nanking, France, Britain, Crete, Barbarossa, Pearl Harbor, Singapore, Midway, Stalingrad, El Alamein, Atlantic, Kursk, Tarawa, Cassino, Kohima, D-Day, St Lo, Leyte Gulf, Ardennes, Okinawa, Berlin, Inchon, Dien Bien Phu, Six Day War, Tet offensive, Port Stanley, Kabul, Desert Storm, Mogadishu, and Krajina.

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